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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.12.7
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 urges Rāma to make her happy and praises her steadfastness in adversity, comparing her to Arundhatī
3.12.7
iyaṃ tu bhavato bhāryā doṣair etair vivarjitāḥ
ślāghyā ca vyapadeśyā ca yathā devī hy arundhatī
But this wife of yours is free of these faults; she is praiseworthy and to be held up as an example, like the goddess Arundhatī.
Words: iyaṃ — this (woman); tu — but; bhavato — of you (respectfully); bhāryā — wife; doṣair — from faults; etair — these; vivarjitāḥ — free from, devoid of; ślāghyā — praiseworthy; ca — and; vyapadeśyā — to be cited as an example, exemplary; ca — and; yathā — like, as; devī — the goddess; hy — indeed; arundhatī — Arundhatī
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.