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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.12.14

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 12: Agastya’s directions. Rāma asks for a wooded home near water, Agastya recommends food-rich Pañcavaṭī beside the Godāvarī and describes the route

In the sequence: after considering, Agastya recommends Pañcavaṭī, two yojanas away, with roots, fruit, water, and game

3.12.14

tatra gatvāśramapadaṃ kṛtvā saumitriṇā saha
ramasva tvaṃ pitur vākyaṃ yathoktam anupālayan

Go there, and having made a hermitage with Saumitri, dwell happily, keeping your father’s word just as it was spoken.

Words: tatra — there; gatvāśramapadaṃ — having gone (and) the hermitage grounds; kṛtvā — having made; saumitriṇā saha — together with Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa); ramasva — dwell happily, enjoy; tvaṃ — you; pitur — of your father; vākyaṃ — word; yathoktam — just as it was spoken; anupālayan — keeping, observing

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.