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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.50.8

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: he notices large honeycombs, birds calling to one another, and the mountain's animal life

2.50.8

paśya droṇapramāṇāni lambamānāni lakṣmaṇa
madhūni madhukārībhiḥ saṃbhṛtāni nage nage

'Look, Lakṣmaṇa, at the honeycombs the size of a droṇa, hanging on tree after tree, gathered by the honey-making bees.'

Words: paśya — behold; droṇapramāṇāni — of the measure of a droṇa; lambamānāni — hanging; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa; madhūni — the honeycombs, masses of honey; madhukārībhiḥ — by the honey-makers (bees); saṃbhṛtāni — gathered, stored up; nage nage — on tree after tree

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.