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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.39

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 85: Bharadvāja’s divine feast. Invoked devatās provide the army with food, drink and comforts, Bharata honours Rāma’s throne and sits as a minister

In the sequence: At Bharadvāja's command, rivers with milk-porridge along their beds appear, with divine dwellings on their banks through Brahmā's grace

2.85.39

tāsām ubhayataḥ kūlaṃ pāṇḍumṛttikalepanāḥ
ramyāś cāvasathā divyā brahmaṇas tu prasādajāḥ

On both banks of these rivers were lovely divine dwellings plastered with white clay, arisen through the grace of Brahmā.

Words: tāsām — of these; ubhayataḥ — on both sides; kūlaṃ — the bank; pāṇḍumṛttikalepanāḥ — plastered with white clay; ramyāś — lovely; cāvasathā — and dwellings; divyā — divine; brahmaṇas — of Brahmā; tu — indeed; prasādajāḥ — born of grace

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.