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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.43

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 take leave and set out that day. Along the road, Rāma recognizes signs of Agastya's brother's hermitage: fruit-laden trees, the scent of long-pepper, gathered firewood, cut darbha grass, sacrificial smoke, and munis making offerings

3.10.43

paśyan vanāni citrāṇi parvapāṃś cābhrasaṃnibhān
sarāṃsi saritaś caiva pathi mārgavaśānugāḥ

Gazing at the varied forests and the mountains like clouds, and at the lakes and rivers lying along the road as the path led,

Words: paśyan — gazing at; vanāni — forests; citrāṇi — varied, wonderful; parvapāṃś — mountains; cābhrasaṃnibhān — and like clouds; sarāṃsi — lakes; saritaś — rivers; caiva — and; pathi — on the way; mārgavaśānugāḥ — following the course of the road

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.