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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.49

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

3.10.49

etac ca vanamadhyasthaṃ kṛṣṇābhraśikharopamam
pāvakasyāśramasthasya dhūmāgraṃ saṃpradṛśyate

And this, standing in the midst of the forest, like the crest of a dark cloud, is seen — the top of the smoke of the sacred fire that abides in the hermitage.

Words: etac — this; ca — and; vanamadhyasthaṃ — standing in the midst of the forest; kṛṣṇābhraśikharopamam — like the crest of a dark cloud; pāvakasyāśramasthasya — of the fire abiding in the hermitage; dhūmāgraṃ — the top of the smoke; saṃpradṛśyate — is seen, appears

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.