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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.50.26

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 50: Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King. Śatānanda confirms Ahalyā’s release, then recounts how King Viśvāmitra’s travels with his army brought him to Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage

In the sequence: its flowering and fruiting trees, peaceful deer, heavenly visitors, sacred fires, and tapasvins of many disciplines made it seem a second world of Brahmā.

1.50.26

satataṃ saṃkulaṃ śrīmad brahmakalpair mahātmabhiḥ
abbhakṣair vāyubhakṣaiś ca śīrṇaparṇāśanais tathā

ever crowded and glorious with great souls resembling Brahmā, some feeding on water, some on air, and likewise on fallen leaves,

Words: satataṃ — ever, constantly; saṃkulaṃ — crowded, thronged; śrīmad — glorious, splendid; brahmakalpair — resembling Brahmā; mahātmabhiḥ — with great souls; abbhakṣair — feeding on water; vāyubhakṣaiś ca — and feeding on air; śīrṇaparṇāśanais — eating fallen leaves; tathā — likewise

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.