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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.89

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

3.10.89

atra devāś ca yakṣāś ca nāgāś ca patagaiḥ saha
vasanti niyatāhāro dharmam ārādhayiṣṇavaḥ

Here gods and yakṣas and nāgas together with the birds dwell, of restrained diet, eager to serve dharma.

Words: atra — here; devāś — gods; ca — and; yakṣāś — yakṣas; ca — and; nāgāś — nāgas (serpents); ca — and; patagaiḥ saha — together with the birds; vasanti — dwell; niyatāhāro — of restrained diet; dharmam — dharma; ārādhayiṣṇavaḥ — eager to serve, propitiate

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.