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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.47

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

3.10.47

pippalīnāṃ ca pakvānāṃ vanād asmād upāgataḥ
gandho 'yaṃ pavanotkṣiptaḥ sahasā kaṭukodayaḥ

And this pungent-smelling scent of ripe long-peppers, wafted up by the wind, has suddenly come from this forest.

Words: pippalīnāṃ — of the long-peppers; ca — and; pakvānāṃ — of the ripe; vanād — from the forest; asmād — from this; upāgataḥ — come, arrived; gandho — the scent; 'yaṃ — this; pavanotkṣiptaḥ — tossed up by the wind; sahasā — suddenly; kaṭukodayaḥ — of pungent onset

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.