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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.12.22

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: he directs them past a madhūka grove on its northern side, toward a banyan, and onto a tableland near a mountain

3.12.22

tataḥ sthalam upāruhya parvatasyāvidūrataḥ
khyātaḥ pañcavaṭīty eva nityapuṣpitakānanaḥ

Then, climbing a tableland not far from a mountain, one reaches the place renowned as Pañcavaṭī, with its ever-flowering woods.

Words: tataḥ — then; sthalam — the tableland, high ground; upāruhya — having climbed up to; parvatasyāvidūrataḥ — not far from the mountain; khyātaḥ — renowned, famed; pañcavaṭīty — ‘Pañcavaṭī’; eva — indeed; nityapuṣpitakānanaḥ — with ever-flowering woods

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.