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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.44
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
3.10.44
sutīkṣṇenopadiṣṭena gatvā tena pathā sukham
idaṃ paramasaṃhṛṣṭo vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇam abravīt
Having gone pleasantly by that road pointed out by Sutīkṣṇa, greatly delighted, he spoke these words to Lakṣmaṇa:
Words: sutīkṣṇenopadiṣṭena — pointed out by Sutīkṣṇa; gatvā — having gone; tena — by that; pathā — road, way; sukham — pleasantly; idaṃ — this; paramasaṃhṛṣṭo — greatly delighted; vākyaṃ — words, speech; lakṣmaṇam — to Lakṣmaṇa; abravīt — said
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.