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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.1.4
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
3.1.4
viśālair agniśaraṇaiḥ srugbhāṇḍair ajinaiḥ kuśaiḥ
samidbhis toyakalaśaiḥ phalamūlaiś ca śobhitam
It was adorned with spacious fire-sanctuaries, with sacrificial ladles and vessels, with hides and kuśa grass, with kindling-sticks and water-pots, and with fruits and roots.
Words: viśālair — with spacious; agniśaraṇaiḥ — fire-sanctuaries; srugbhāṇḍair — with ladles and vessels; ajinaiḥ — with hides; kuśaiḥ — with kuśa grass; samidbhis — with kindling-sticks; toyakalaśaiḥ — with water-pots; phalamūlaiś — with fruits and roots; ca — and; śobhitam — adorned
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.