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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.48.7
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: near day's end Rāma notices smoke, hears the waters meeting, and sees cut timber and signs of a hermitage → they reach the muni Bharadvāja’s dwelling at Prayāga
2.48.7
dārūṇi paribhinnāni vanajair upajīvibhiḥ
bharadvājāśrame caite dṛśyante vividhā drumāḥ
“Here are logs cut up by those who live off the forest, and at Bharadvāja's āśrama these trees of many kinds are seen.”
Words: dārūṇi — logs, pieces of wood; paribhinnāni — split, cut up; vanajair — by forest-dwellers; upajīvibhiḥ — by those living off (it); bharadvājāśrame — at Bharadvāja's āśrama; caite — and these; dṛśyante — are seen; vividhā — various; drumāḥ — trees
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.