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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.48.25

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 48: Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa. Rāma seeks seclusion beyond the Gaṅgā–Yamunā confluence, Bharadvāja recommends the food-rich mountain

In the sequence: Bharadvāja recommends Citrakūṭa, ten krośas away, with abundant food, animals, and places frequented by maharṣis → they spend the night as his guests, and at dawn he sends them toward the mountain.

2.48.25

daśakrośa itas tāta girir yasmin nivatsyasi
maharṣisevitaḥ puṇyaḥ sarvataḥ sukha darśanaḥ

“Ten krośas from here, my child, is a mountain on which you shall dwell, frequented by great seers, holy, on every side fair to look upon.”

Words: daśakrośa — ten krośas (away); itas — from here; tāta — my child, dear one; girir — mountain; yasmin — on which; nivatsyasi — you shall dwell; maharṣisevitaḥ — frequented by great seers; puṇyaḥ — holy; sarvataḥ — on every side; sukha — pleasant; darśanaḥ — to look upon, in appearance

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.