Araṇya Kāṇḍa 14: Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut · 3.14.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.14.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 14: Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut. He bathes in the Godāvarī and performs puṣpabali and śānti, Rāma embraces him and recalls Daśaratha’s care

In the sequence: At Pañcavaṭī, Rāma asks Lakṣmaṇa to find a place that all three will enjoy, near water and with firewood, flowers, and kuśa grass readily available

3.14.1

tataḥ pañcavaṭīṃ gatvā nānāvyālamṛgāyutām
uvāca bhrātaraṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇaṃ dīptatejasaṃ

Then, having reached Pañcavaṭī, thronged with beasts of prey and wild deer of many kinds, Rāma spoke to his brother Lakṣmaṇa of blazing splendor.

Words: tataḥ — then; pañcavaṭīṃ — to Pañcavaṭī; gatvā — having gone, reached; nānāvyālamṛgāyutām — thronged with beasts of prey and wild deer of many kinds; uvāca — said, spoke to; bhrātaraṃ — brother; rāmo — Rāma; lakṣmaṇaṃ — Lakṣmaṇa; dīptatejasaṃ — of blazing splendor

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.