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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.88

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: hoping for the maharṣi's blessing, Rāma speaks of staying near him for the remaining exile and of the Devas and tapasvins who frequent his hermitage

3.10.88

nātra jīven mṛṣāvādī krūro vā yadi vā śaṭhaḥ
nṛśaṃsaḥ kāma vṛtto vā munir eṣa tathāvidhaḥ

Here no liar could live, nor a cruel man, nor a rogue, nor a savage, nor one given to lust — such is this sage.

Words: nātra — not here; jīven — could live; mṛṣāvādī — a liar; krūro — cruel; vā — or; yadi vā — or even; śaṭhaḥ — a rogue, cheat; nṛśaṃsaḥ — a savage, cruel one; kāma — lust; vṛtto — given to, behaving; vā — or; munir — the sage; eṣa — this; tathāvidhaḥ — of such a kind

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.