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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.48

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

3.10.48

tatra tatra ca dṛśyante saṃkṣiptāḥ kāṣṭhasaṃcayāḥ
lūnāś ca pathi dṛśyante darbhā vaidūryavarcasaḥ

Here and there are seen gathered heaps of firewood, and cut darbha grass, gleaming like beryl, is seen along the path.

Words: tatra tatra — here and there; ca — and; dṛśyante — are seen; saṃkṣiptāḥ — gathered, heaped up; kāṣṭhasaṃcayāḥ — heaps of firewood; lūnāś — cut; ca — and; pathi — on the path; dṛśyante — are seen; darbhā — darbha grass; vaidūryavarcasaḥ — gleaming like beryl

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.