The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 3.11.22

3.11.22

abhivādya tu dharmātmā tasthau rāmaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ
sītayā saha vaidehyā tadā rāma salakṣmaṇaḥ

To Lakshman came and thus began:
'Where is he? let not Ráma wait,
But speed, the sage to venerate.'
Then with the pupil Lakshman went
Across the hermit settlement,
And showed him Ráma where he stood
With Janak's daughter in the wood.
The pupil then his message spake
Which the kind hermit bade him take;
Then led the honoured Ráma thence
And brought him in with reverence.
As nigh the royal Ráma came
With Lakshman and the Maithil dame,
He viewed the herds of gentle deer
Roaming the garden free from fear.
As through the sacred grove he trod
He viewed the seat of many a God,
Brahmá and Agni, Sun and Moon,
And His who sends each golden boon;
Here Vishnu's stood, there Bhaga's shrine,
And there Mahendra's Lord divine;
Here His who formed this earthly frame,
His there from whom all beings came.
Váyu's, and His who loves to hold
The great noose, Varim mighty-souled:
Here was the Vasus' shrine to see,
Here that of sacred Gáyatrí,
The king of serpents here had place,
And he who rules the feathered race.
Here Kártikeya, warrior lord,
And there was Justice' King adored.
Then with disciples girt about
The mighty saint himself came out:
Through fierce devotion bright as flame
Before the rest the Master came:
And then to Lakshman, fortune blest,
Ráma these hasty words addressed:
'Behold, Agastya's self draws near,
The mighty saint, whom all revere:
With spirit raised I meet my lord
With richest wealth of penance stored.'
The strong-armed hero spake, and ran
Forward to meet the sunbright man.
Before him, as he came, he bent
And clasped his feet most reverent,
Then rearing up his stately height
Stood suppliant by the anchorite,
While Lakshman's strength and Sítá's grace
Stood by the pride of Raghu's race.