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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.51

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

3.10.51

tat sutīkṣṇasya vacanaṃ yathā saumya mayā śrutam
agastyasyāśramo bhrātur nūnam eṣa bhaviṣyati

According as I heard the words of Sutīkṣṇa, gentle brother, this must surely be the hermitage of Agastya's brother.

Words: tat — that; sutīkṣṇasya — of Sutīkṣṇa; vacanaṃ — words, speech; yathā — according as; saumya — O gentle one; mayā — by me; śrutam — heard; agastyasyāśramo — the hermitage of Agastya; bhrātur — of the brother; nūnam — surely; eṣa — this; bhaviṣyati — will be

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.