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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.12.17

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: Pañcavaṭī, near the Godāvarī, will give Sītā pleasure and allow Rāma to protect the region and its tapasvins

3.12.17

ataś ca tvām ahaṃ brūmi gaccha pañcavaṭīm iti
sa hi ramyo vanoddeśo maithilī tatra raṃsyate

And for this reason I tell you, ‘Go to Pañcavaṭī’; for that is a delightful stretch of forest, and Maithilī will find joy there.

Words: ataś — therefore, for this reason; ca — and; tvām — you; ahaṃ — I; brūmi — tell, say; gaccha — go; pañcavaṭīm — to Pañcavaṭī; iti — thus; sa — that; hi — for, indeed; ramyo — delightful; vanoddeśo — stretch of forest, forest-region; maithilī — Maithilī (Sītā); tatra — there; raṃsyate — will find joy, delight

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.