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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.6
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: toward sunset they reach a large lake and hear singing and instruments, although no performers are visible
3.10.6
padmapuṣkarasaṃbādhaṃ gajayūthair alaṃkṛtam
sārasair haṃsakādambaiḥ saṃkulaṃ jalacāribhiḥ
It was crowded with lotuses and blue lotuses, adorned by herds of elephants, and thronged with sāras cranes, swans, and kādamba geese moving on the water.
Words: padmapuṣkarasaṃbādhaṃ — dense with lotuses and blue lotuses; gajayūthair — by herds of elephants; alaṃkṛtam — adorned; sārasair — with sāras cranes; haṃsakādambaiḥ — with swans and kādamba geese; saṃkulaṃ — thronged, crowded; jalacāribhiḥ — with water-ranging (birds)
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.