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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.2

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: they pass mountains, rivers, lotus lakes, waterbirds, and herds of forest animals

3.10.2

tau paśyamānau vividhāñ śailaprasthān vanāni ca
nadīś ca vividhā ramyā jagmatuḥ saha sītayā

The two, gazing at manifold mountain-slopes and forests, and various lovely rivers, went along together with Sītā.

Words: tau — the two; paśyamānau — gazing, looking; vividhāñ — manifold, various; śailaprasthān — mountain-slopes; vanāni — forests; ca — and; nadīś — rivers; ca — and; vividhā — various; ramyā — lovely; jagmatuḥ — the two went; saha sītayā — together with Sītā

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.