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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.78

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

3.10.78

prājyadhūmākulavanaś cīramālāpariṣkṛtaḥ
praśāntamṛgayūthaś ca nānāśakunināditaḥ

Its woods are thick with abundant smoke, it is adorned with rows of bark garments, its herds of deer are at peace, and it resounds with many birds.

Words: prājyadhūmākulavanaś — its woods dense with abundant smoke; cīramālāpariṣkṛtaḥ — adorned with rows of bark garments; praśāntamṛgayūthaś — with peaceful herds of deer; ca — and; nānāśakunināditaḥ — resounding with various 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.