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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.76

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

3.10.76

snigdhapatrā yathā vṛkṣā yathā kṣāntā mṛgadvijāḥ
āśramo nātidūrastho maharṣer bhāvitātmanaḥ

Since the trees have glossy leaves, and the beasts and birds are tame, the hermitage of the great seer of purified soul is not far off.

Words: snigdhapatrā — glossy-leaved; yathā — inasmuch as, since; vṛkṣā — the trees; yathā — and since; kṣāntā — tame, gentle; mṛgadvijāḥ — beasts and birds; āśramo — the hermitage; nātidūrastho — not situated far off; maharṣer — of the great seer; bhāvitātmanaḥ — of purified soul

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.