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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.10

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 10: Ten years among the hermitages. Māṇḍakarṇi’s lake music is explained, years of visits lead toward Agastya, Rāma recounts his digestion of Vātāpi

In the sequence: the brothers ask Dharmabhṛt to explain.

3.10.10

tenaivam ukto dharmātmā rāghaveṇa munis tadā
prabhāvaṃ sarasaḥ kṛtsnam ākhyātum upacakrame

Thus addressed by Rāghava, the righteous sage then set about relating the whole power and origin of the lake.

Words: tenaivam — thus by him; ukto — addressed; dharmātmā — the righteous one; rāghaveṇa — by Rāghava; munis — the sage; tadā — then; prabhāvaṃ — the power, glory; sarasaḥ — of the lake; kṛtsnam — whole, entire; ākhyātum — to relate; upacakrame — set about, began

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.