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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.14.13

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

3.14.13

haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇā cakravākopaśobhitā
nātidūre na cāsanne mṛgayūthanipīḍitā

It is strewn with geese and kāraṇḍava ducks and graced by cakravāka birds; neither too far nor too near, it is thronged by herds of deer.

Words: haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇā — strewn with geese and kāraṇḍava ducks; cakravākopaśobhitā — graced by cakravāka birds; nātidūre — not too far; na — not; cāsanne — and too near; mṛgayūthanipīḍitā — thronged by herds of deer

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.