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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.48.35

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.

2.48.35

tatra kuñjarayūthāni mṛgayūthāni cābhitaḥ
vicaranti vanānteṣu tāni drakṣyasi rāghava

“There herds of elephants and herds of deer roam about on every side within the forest tracts; those you shall see, O Rāghava.”

Words: tatra — there; kuñjarayūthāni — herds of elephants; mṛgayūthāni — herds of deer; cābhitaḥ — and on every side; vicaranti — roam about, range; vanānteṣu — in the forest tracts; tāni — those; drakṣyasi — you shall see; rāghava — O Rāghava

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.