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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.50.12

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 50: The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites. Lakṣmaṇa builds and roasts a black antelope, Rāma bathes and makes a protective offering before they enter

In the sequence: reaching Citrakūṭa, he chooses to stay and asks Lakṣmaṇa to build a hut

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taṃ tu parvatam āsādya nānāpakṣigaṇāyutam
ayaṃ vāso bhavet tāvad atra saumya ramemahi

Reaching that mountain teeming with flocks of various birds, (Rāma said): 'Let this be our dwelling for now; here, gentle one, let us take our delight.'

Words: taṃ — that; tu — and, now; parvatam — mountain; āsādya — having reached; nānāpakṣigaṇāyutam — teeming with flocks of various birds; ayaṃ — this; vāso — dwelling; bhavet — let it be; tāvad — for now, then; atra — here; saumya — O gentle one; ramemahi — let us take delight

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.