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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.35
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: Sutīkṣṇa says he had already wished to recommend the visit
3.10.35
diṣṭyā tv idānīm arthe 'smin svayam eva bravīṣi mām
aham ākhyāsi te vatsa yatrāgastyo mahāmuniḥ
By good fortune you now speak to me of this matter of your own accord; I will tell you, dear child, where the great sage Agastya is.
Words: diṣṭyā — by good fortune; tv — but, and; idānīm — now; arthe — in the matter; 'smin — this; svayam — of your own accord, yourself; eva — very; bravīṣi — you speak; mām — to me; aham — I; ākhyāsi — will tell; te — to you; vatsa — dear child; yatrāgastyo — where Agastya; mahāmuniḥ — the great sage
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.