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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.14.12

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: he points out the lotus pond, nearby Godāvarī, deer, waterbirds, caves, mineral-colored hills, and varied trees

3.14.12

yathākhyātam agastyena muninā bhāvitātmanā
iyaṃ godāvarī ramyā puṣpitais tarubhir vṛtā

Just as it was described by the sage Agastya, whose soul is purified, here is the lovely Godāvarī, surrounded by flowering trees.

Words: yathākhyātam — just as described; agastyena — by Agastya; muninā — the sage; bhāvitātmanā — of purified soul; iyaṃ — this; godāvarī — the Godāvarī; ramyā — lovely; puṣpitais — flowering; tarubhir — with trees; vṛtā — surrounded

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.