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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.109.3

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 109: Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri. Family memories and the army’s animal waste prompt departure, Atri recounts Anasūyā’s relief of a ten-year drought and sends Sītā to her

In the sequence: Rāma now decides to leave Citrakūṭa: the place continually reminds him of the painful family meeting, and the large camp has fouled the surroundings with animal dung

2.109.3

skandhāvāraniveśena tena tasya mahātmanaḥ
hayahastikarīṣaiś ca upamardaḥ kṛto bhṛśam

By the pitching of that great one's army-camp, and by the dung of the horses and elephants, a severe fouling has been done here.

Words: skandhāvāraniveśena — by the pitching of the army-camp; tena — that; tasya — of that; mahātmanaḥ — great one; hayahastikarīṣaiś ca — and by the dung of horses and elephants; upamardaḥ — trampling, fouling, damage; kṛto — made, done; bhṛśam — severely

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.