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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.1.6
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
3.1.6
puṣpair vanyaiḥ parikṣiptaṃ padminyā ca sapadmayā
phalamūlāśanair dāntaiś cīrakṛṣṇājināmbaraiḥ
It was strewn with wild blossoms and set about with a lotus-pond full of lotuses, and peopled by self-controlled men who ate fruit and roots and were clad in bark and black antelope-hides.
Words: puṣpair — with flowers; vanyaiḥ — wild, forest-grown; parikṣiptaṃ — strewn, encompassed; padminyā — with a lotus-pond; ca — and; sapadmayā — full of lotuses; phalamūlāśanair — by those who eat fruit and roots; dāntaiś — by the self-controlled; cīrakṛṣṇājināmbaraiḥ — clad in bark and black antelope-hides
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.