← 2.48.35 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 48: Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.48.36

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.

2.48.36

prahṛṣṭakoyaṣṭikakokilasvanair vināditaṃ taṃ vasudhādharaṃ śivam
mṛgaiś ca mattair bahubhiś ca kuñjaraiḥ suramyam āsādya samāvasāśramam
mṛgaiś ca mattair bahubhiś ca kuñjaraiḥ
suramyam āsādya samāvasāśramam

Reaching that auspicious, most lovely mountain, resounding with the cries of joyous lapwings and cuckoos and with the many rutting deer and elephants, take up your dwelling in a hermitage there.

Words: prahṛṣṭakoyaṣṭikakokilasvanair — with the cries of joyous lapwings and cuckoos; vināditaṃ — resounding, made to resound; taṃ — that; vasudhādharaṃ — mountain (earth-bearer); śivam — auspicious; mṛgaiś — with deer; ca — and; mattair — rutting, in rut; bahubhiś — many; ca — and; kuñjaraiḥ — with elephants; suramyam — most lovely, delightful; āsādya — having reached; samāvasāśramam — take up dwelling in a hermitage

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.