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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.45
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
3.10.45
etad evāśramapadaṃ nūnaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ
agastyasya muner bhrātur dṛśyate puṇyakarmaṇaḥ
“Surely this that is seen is the very hermitage of that great-souled brother of the sage Agastya, of holy deeds.
Words: etad — this; evāśramapadaṃ — the very hermitage; nūnaṃ — surely; tasya — of that; mahātmanaḥ — of the great-souled; agastyasya — of Agastya; muner — of the sage; bhrātur — of the brother; dṛśyate — is seen; puṇyakarmaṇaḥ — of holy deeds
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.