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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.19

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: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa marvel at the explanation.

3.10.19

āścaryam iti tasyaitad vacanaṃ bhāvitātmanaḥ
rāghavaḥ pratijagrāha saha bhrātrā mahāyaśāḥ

“A wonder!” — thus the greatly renowned Rāghava, together with his brother, received this speech of the sage of purified soul.

Words: āścaryam — a wonder; iti — thus; tasyaitad — this of his; vacanaṃ — speech, words; bhāvitātmanaḥ — of him of purified soul; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; pratijagrāha — received, accepted; saha bhrātrā — together with his brother; mahāyaśāḥ — the greatly renowned

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.