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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.68

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: As Rāma finishes the account, evening falls → the brothers worship at twilight, enter Agastya's brother's hermitage, and spend the night after eating roots and fruit

3.10.68

samyak pratigṛhītas tu muninā tena rāghavaḥ
nyavasat tāṃ niśām ekāṃ prāśya mūlaphalāni ca

Received well by that sage, Rāghava spent that one night, having eaten roots and fruits.

Words: samyak — well, duly; pratigṛhītas — received, welcomed; tu — and; muninā — by the sage; tena — by that; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; nyavasat — dwelt, spent; tāṃ — that; niśām — night; ekāṃ — one; prāśya — having eaten; mūlaphalāni — roots and fruits; ca — and

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.