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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.9

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: the brothers ask Dharmabhṛt to explain.

3.10.9

idam atyadbhutaṃ śrutvā sarveṣāṃ no mahāmune
kautūhalaṃ mahaj jātaṃ kim idaṃ sādhu kathyatām

“Hearing this most marvellous thing, O great sage, great curiosity has arisen in us all; pray tell us plainly, what is this?”

Words: idam — this; atyadbhutaṃ — most marvellous; śrutvā — having heard; sarveṣāṃ — of all; no — us; mahāmune — O great sage; kautūhalaṃ — curiosity; mahaj — great; jātaṃ — has arisen; kim — what; idaṃ — this; sādhu — well, plainly; kathyatām — let it be told

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.