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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.84
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: he describes Agastya's protection of the southern region and his command restraining the Vindhya mountain from growing across the sun's path
3.10.84
ayaṃ dīrghāyuṣas tasya loke viśrutakarmaṇaḥ
agastyasyāśramaḥ śrīmān vinītamṛgasevitaḥ
This is the glorious hermitage of that long-lived Agastya, whose deeds are famed in the world, frequented by tame deer.
Words: ayaṃ — this; dīrghāyuṣas — of the long-lived; tasya — of that; loke — in the world; viśrutakarmaṇaḥ — of famed deeds; agastyasyāśramaḥ — the hermitage of Agastya; śrīmān — glorious; vinītamṛgasevitaḥ — frequented by tame deer
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.