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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.36

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: he directs them four yojanas south to Agastya's brother's hermitage, where they should spend a night, and then another yojana south to Agastya

3.10.36

yojanāny āśramāt tāta yāhi catvāri vai tataḥ
dakṣiṇena mahāñ śrīmān agastyabhrātur āśramaḥ

Go, my child, four yojanas from this hermitage; then to the south lies the great and glorious hermitage of Agastya's brother.

Words: yojanāny — yojanas; āśramāt — from the hermitage; tāta — my child, dear one; yāhi — go; catvāri — four; vai — indeed; tataḥ — then, from there; dakṣiṇena — to the south; mahāñ — great; śrīmān — glorious; agastyabhrātur — of Agastya's brother; āśramaḥ — the hermitage

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.