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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.75

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: seeing tame animals, healthy trees, smoke, and rows of bark garments, he recognizes that they are close

3.10.75

tato 'bravīt samīpasthaṃ rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ
pṛṣṭhato 'nugataṃ vīraṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ lakṣmivardhanam

Then lotus-eyed Rāma spoke to the hero Lakṣmaṇa, the increaser of fortune, who stood near, following behind him:

Words: tato — then; 'bravīt — said; samīpasthaṃ — standing near; rāmo — Rāma; rājīvalocanaḥ — the lotus-eyed; pṛṣṭhato — behind; 'nugataṃ — following; vīraṃ — the hero; lakṣmaṇaṃ — Lakṣmaṇa; lakṣmivardhanam — the increaser of fortune

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.