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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.4

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: they pass mountains, rivers, lotus lakes, waterbirds, and herds of forest animals

3.10.4

yūthabaddhāṃś ca pṛṣatān madonmattān viṣāṇinaḥ
mahiṣāṃś ca varāhāṃś ca gajāṃś ca drumavairiṇaḥ

And spotted deer herded in droves, and horned beasts mad with rut, and buffaloes and boars, and elephants that are foes of the trees.

Words: yūthabaddhāṃś — herded in droves; ca — and; pṛṣatān — spotted deer; madonmattān — mad with rut; viṣāṇinaḥ — horned ones; mahiṣāṃś — buffaloes; ca — and; varāhāṃś — boars; ca — and; gajāṃś — elephants; ca — and; drumavairiṇaḥ — foes of the 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.