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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.77

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

3.10.77

agastya iti vikhyāto loke svenaiva karmaṇā
āśramo dṛśyate tasya pariśrānta śramāpahaḥ

Renowned in the world by his own deed as ‘Agastya’ — his hermitage is seen, taking away the fatigue of the weary.

Words: agastya — Agastya; iti — thus; vikhyāto — renowned; loke — in the world; svenaiva — by his own very; karmaṇā — by his deed; āśramo — the hermitage; dṛśyate — is seen; tasya — his; pariśrānta — of the weary; śramāpahaḥ — removing fatigue

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.