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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.3

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 44: Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā. Rāma declines food and beds, asks for fodder for the horses and sleeps on the ground with Sītā after taking water

In the sequence: At Śṛṅgaverapura, Rāma reaches the Gaṅgā and chooses a large iṅgudī tree near the river as their resting place

2.44.3

haṃsasārasasaṃghuṣṭāṃ cakravākopakūjitām
śiṃśumaraiś ca nakraiś ca bhujaṃgaiś ca niṣevitām

resounding with geese and cranes, cooed over by cakravāka birds, and frequented by dolphins, crocodiles, and serpents,

Words: haṃsasārasasaṃghuṣṭāṃ — resounding with geese and sārasa cranes; cakravākopakūjitām — cooed over by cakravāka birds; śiṃśumaraiś ca — and by dolphins/gharials; nakraiś ca — and by crocodiles; bhujaṃgaiś ca — and by serpents; niṣevitām — frequented, resorted to

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.