Chapter 82 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 82

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 82.4

प्रभाते काल्यमुत्थाय कृत्वाह्निकमरिंदमः। ऋषि समुपचक्राम गमनाय रघूत्तमः॥ अभिवाद्याब्रवीद्रामो महर्षि कुम्भसंभवम्। आपृच्छे स्वाश्रमं गन्तुं मामनुज्ञातुमर्हसि ॥

prabhāte kālyamutthāya kṛtvāhnikamariṃdamaḥ| ṛṣi samupacakrāma gamanāya raghūttamaḥ|| abhivādyābravīdrāmo maharṣi kumbhasaṃbhavam| āpṛcche svāśramaṃ gantuṃ māmanujñātumarhasi ||

English Meaning

Having got up in the morning and performed the necessary ceremonies he approached the ascetic to bid farewell, and saluting him said: O great Rșis, I do crave for your permission to go to my own habitation. Do you permit me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)