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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.11

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: Dharmabhṛt identifies the lake as Pañcāpsaras, created by Māṇḍakarṇi's austerities

3.10.11

idaṃ pañcāpsaro nāma taṭākaṃ sārvakālikam
nirmitaṃ tapasā rāma muninā māṇḍakarṇinā

“This lake, called Pañcāpsaras, holds water in every season, Rāma; it was made by the austerity of the sage Māṇḍakarṇi.

Words: idaṃ — this; pañcāpsaro — Pañcāpsaras (five apsarases); nāma — by name; taṭākaṃ — lake, pond; sārvakālikam — of all seasons, perennial; nirmitaṃ — made, fashioned; tapasā — by austerity; rāma — O Rāma; muninā — by the sage; māṇḍakarṇinā — by Māṇḍakarṇi

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.