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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.14.10

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: Rāma considers the ground, takes his brother's hand, and indicates a level spot among flowering trees

3.14.10

ayaṃ deśaḥ samaḥ śrīmān puṣpitair tarubhir vṛtaḥ
ihāśramapadaṃ saumya yathāvat kartum arhasi

“This place is level and lovely, surrounded by flowering trees; here, gentle one, you should duly make our hermitage-site.

Words: ayaṃ — this; deśaḥ — place; samaḥ — level, even; śrīmān — lovely, splendid; puṣpitair — flowering; tarubhir — with trees; vṛtaḥ — surrounded, covered; ihāśramapadaṃ — here the hermitage-site; saumya — gentle one; yathāvat — duly, properly; kartum — to make; arhasi — you should, you ought

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.