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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.12.8

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

3.12.8

alaṃkṛto 'yaṃ deśaś ca yatra saumitriṇā saha
vaidehyā cānayā rāma vatsyasi tvam ariṃdama

And this region is graced, O tamer of foes, where you, Rāma, will dwell together with Saumitri and with this Vaidehī.”

Words: alaṃkṛto — adorned, graced; 'yaṃ — this; deśaś — region; ca — and; yatra — where; saumitriṇā saha — together with Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa); vaidehyā — with Vaidehī; cānayā — and with this one; rāma — O Rāma; vatsyasi — you will dwell; tvam — you; ariṃdama — O tamer of foes

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.