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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.15

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: Māṇḍakarṇi fell in love with them, and they became his wives → they live in a hidden dwelling within the lake, where his tapas has restored his youth → the sounds come from their music, play, and ornaments

3.10.15

apsarobhis tatas tābhir munir dṛṣṭaparāvaraḥ
nīto madanavaśyatvaṃ surāṇāṃ kāryasiddhaye

Then by those apsarases the sage, who saw far and near, was brought under the sway of love, for the accomplishment of the gods' purpose.

Words: apsarobhis — by the apsarases; tatas — then; tābhir — by those; munir — the sage; dṛṣṭaparāvaraḥ — who saw the far and near; nīto — was brought, led; madanavaśyatvaṃ — to subjection to love; surāṇāṃ — of the gods; kāryasiddhaye — for the accomplishment of the task

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.