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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.1.5
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
3.1.5
āraṇyaiś ca mahāvṛkṣaiḥ puṇyaiḥ svāduphalair vṛtam
balihomārcitaṃ puṇyaṃ brahmaghoṣanināditam
It was surrounded by great forest trees, holy and bearing sweet fruit; holy, worshipped with offerings and oblations, and resounding with the murmur of Vedic recitation.
Words: āraṇyaiś — with forest, wild; ca — and; mahāvṛkṣaiḥ — with great trees; puṇyaiḥ — holy, auspicious; svāduphalair — with sweet fruit; vṛtam — surrounded; balihomārcitaṃ — worshipped with offerings and oblations; puṇyaṃ — holy; brahmaghoṣanināditam — resounding with the murmur of Vedic recitation
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.