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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.21
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
3.10.21
praviśya saha vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca rāghavaḥ
tadā tasmin sa kākutsthaḥ śrīmaty āśramamaṇḍale
Rāghava, that scion of Kakutstha, entering together with Vaidehī and Lakṣmaṇa, then, in that glorious cluster of hermitages,
Words: praviśya — having entered; saha vaidehyā — together with Vaidehī; lakṣmaṇena — with Lakṣmaṇa; ca — and; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; tadā — then; tasmin — in that; sa — he; kākutsthaḥ — the descendant of Kakutstha; śrīmaty — glorious; āśramamaṇḍale — in the cluster of hermitages
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.