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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.12.20

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

3.12.20

bhavān api sadāraś ca śaktaś ca parirakṣaṇe
api cātra vasan rāmas tāpasān pālayiṣyasi

You too, with your wife, are able to protect (the region); and moreover, dwelling there, Rāma, you will guard the ascetics.

Words: bhavān — you (respectfully); api — too, also; sadāraś — with your wife; ca — and; śaktaś — able; ca — and; parirakṣaṇe — in protecting; api — moreover, also; cātra — and there; vasan — dwelling; rāmas — Rāma; tāpasān — the ascetics; pālayiṣyasi — you will protect, guard

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.