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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.91

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

3.10.91

yakṣatvam amaratvaṃ ca rājyāni vividhāni ca
atra devāḥ prayacchanti bhūtair ārādhitāḥ śubhaiḥ

The state of a yakṣa, immortality, and kingdoms of many kinds — here the gods bestow, when worshipped by auspicious beings.

Words: yakṣatvam — the state of a yakṣa; amaratvaṃ — immortality; ca — and; rājyāni — kingdoms; vividhāni — various, of many kinds; ca — and; atra — here; devāḥ — the gods; prayacchanti — bestow, grant; bhūtair — by beings; ārādhitāḥ — worshipped, propitiated; śubhaiḥ — by auspicious, good

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.