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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.29

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: one day Rāma asks where Agastya lives: he has often heard of the maharṣi and longs to visit, but does not know the location in the vast forest

3.10.29

asminn araṇye bhagavann agastyo munisattamaḥ
vasatīti mayā nityaṃ kathāḥ kathayatāṃ śrutam

“In this forest, O venerable one, Agastya, the best of sages, dwells — so I have constantly heard from those who tell the tales.

Words: asminn — in this; araṇye — forest; bhagavann — O venerable one; agastyo — Agastya; munisattamaḥ — the best of sages; vasatīti — dwells, so; mayā — by me; nityaṃ — constantly; kathāḥ — tales; kathayatāṃ — of those telling; śrutam — heard

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.