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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.50.21
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: they enter the sheltered hut and settle into the forest → amid Citrakūṭa and the river Mālyavatī, Rāma finds relief from the sorrow of exile.
2.50.21
anekanānāmṛgapakṣisaṃkule vicitrapuṣpastabalair drumair yute
vanottame vyālamṛgānunādite tathā vijahruḥ susukhaṃ jitendriyāḥ
In that finest of forests—crowded with many and various beasts and birds, set with trees bearing variegated flower-clusters, and echoing with beasts of prey—they too, their senses subdued, sported in great comfort.
Words: anekanānāmṛgapakṣisaṃkule — crowded with many and various beasts and birds; vicitrapuṣpastabalair — with variegated flower-clusters; drumair — with trees; yute — furnished, joined; vanottame — in the finest forest; vyālamṛgānunādite — echoing with beasts of prey; tathā — likewise, so; vijahruḥ — they sported, disported; susukhaṃ — very comfortably; jitendriyāḥ — with senses subdued
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.