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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.46

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

3.10.46

yathā hīme vanasyāsya jñātāḥ pathi sahasraśaḥ
saṃnatāḥ phalabhareṇa puṣpabhāreṇa ca drumāḥ

For the trees of this forest are known by the thousand along the path, bent down with the weight of their fruit and the burden of their blossoms.

Words: yathā — inasmuch as, since; hīme — for these; vanasyāsya — of this forest; jñātāḥ — known, recognized; pathi — on the path; sahasraśaḥ — by the thousand; saṃnatāḥ — bent down; phalabhareṇa — with the weight of fruit; puṣpabhāreṇa — with the burden of blossoms; ca — and; drumāḥ — the trees

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.