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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.42.8

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 42: The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma. Families reproach the men for returning without Rāma and imagine abandoning Kaikeyī’s Kingdom to join him

In the sequence: they imagine the rivers, forests, and mountains welcoming the travelers

2.42.8

āpagāḥ kṛtapuṇyās tāḥ padminyaś ca sarāṃsi ca
yeṣu snāsyati kākutstho vigāhya salilaṃ śuci

Blessed are those rivers, lotus-ponds, and lakes in which Kākutstha will bathe, plunging into their pure water.

Words: āpagāḥ — the rivers; kṛtapuṇyās — blessed, having earned merit; tāḥ — those; padminyaś — lotus-ponds; ca — and; sarāṃsi — lakes; ca — and; yeṣu — in which; snāsyati — will bathe; kākutstho — Kākutstha; vigāhya — having plunged into; salilaṃ — water; śuci — pure

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.