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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.1.2
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 1: Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection. They welcome Rāma, Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa and claim the King’s protection as subjects who have renounced force
In the sequence: Entering Daṇḍaka, Rāma sees a settlement of tapasvins: swept courtyards, fire sanctuaries, sacrificial implements, bark garments, antelope skins, stores of roots and fruit, flowering trees, and a lotus pond → Vedic recitation fills the settlement, where munis follow different disciplines
3.1.2
kuśacīraparikṣiptaṃ brāhmyā lakṣmyā samāvṛtam
yathā pradīptaṃ durdharśaṃ gagane sūryamaṇḍalam
It was strewn about with kuśa grass and bark garments and pervaded by the radiance of Brahman, like the blazing, dazzling orb of the sun in the sky.
Words: kuśacīraparikṣiptaṃ — strewn about with kuśa grass and bark garments; brāhmyā — by that of Brahman; lakṣmyā — by radiance, splendour; samāvṛtam — enveloped, pervaded; yathā — like, as; pradīptaṃ — blazing; durdharśaṃ — hard to gaze upon, dazzling; gagane — in the sky; sūryamaṇḍalam — the orb of the sun
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.