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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.41
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
3.10.41
sa hi ramyo vanoddeśo bahupādapasaṃkulaḥ
yadi buddhiḥ kṛtā draṣṭum agastyaṃ taṃ mahāmunim
adyaiva gamane buddhiṃ rocayasva mahāyaśaḥ
For that forest tract is lovely, crowded with many trees; if your mind is made up to see that great sage Agastya, then, O illustrious one, resolve to set out this very day.
Words: sa — that; hi — for, indeed; ramyo — lovely; vanoddeśo — forest tract; bahupādapasaṃkulaḥ — crowded with many trees; yadi — if; buddhiḥ — the mind, intention; kṛtā — made, formed; draṣṭum — to see; agastyaṃ — Agastya; taṃ — that; mahāmunim — great sage; adyaiva — this very day; gamane — for going, setting out; buddhiṃ — the mind, resolve; rocayasva — make up, resolve; mahāyaśaḥ — O illustrious one
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.