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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.40
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
3.10.40
tatrāgastyāśramapadaṃ gatvā yojanam antaram
ramaṇīye vanoddeśe bahupādapa saṃvṛte
raṃsyate tatra vaidehī lakṣmaṇaś ca tvayā saha
Going on a yojana further, you will reach the hermitage of Agastya; in that delightful forest tract, thick with many trees, Vaidehī and Lakṣmaṇa will take pleasure there, together with you.
Words: tatrāgastyāśramapadaṃ — there the hermitage of Agastya; gatvā — having gone; yojanam — a yojana; antaram — further, the interval; ramaṇīye — delightful; vanoddeśe — in a forest tract; bahupādapa — with many trees; saṃvṛte — thick, covered; raṃsyate — will take pleasure; tatra — there; vaidehī — Vaidehī (Sītā); lakṣmaṇaś — Lakṣmaṇa; ca — and; tvayā saha — together with you
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.