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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.20

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 travelers reach another settlement of hermitages and receive hospitality

3.10.20

evaṃ kathayamānasya dadarśāśramamaṇḍalam
kuśacīraparikṣiptaṃ nānāvṛkṣasamāvṛtam

As he was speaking thus, Rāma beheld a cluster of hermitages, hedged about with kuśa grass and bark garments, and surrounded by various trees.

Words: evaṃ — thus; kathayamānasya — as he was speaking; dadarśāśramamaṇḍalam — he beheld the cluster of hermitages; kuśacīraparikṣiptaṃ — hedged with kuśa grass and bark; nānāvṛkṣasamāvṛtam — surrounded by various trees

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.