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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.14.16
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
3.14.16
sālais tālais tamālaiś ca kharjūraiḥ panasāmrakaiḥ
nīvārais timiśaiś caiva puṃnāgaiś copaśobhitāḥ
They are graced with sāla, tāla, and tamāla trees, with date-palms, jackfruit and mango, with nīvāra rice, timiśa creepers, and puṃnāga trees;
Words: sālais — with sāla trees; tālais — with palmyra palms; tamālaiś — with tamāla trees; ca — and; kharjūraiḥ — with date-palms; panasāmrakaiḥ — with jackfruit and mango; nīvārais — with nīvāra (wild rice); timiśaiś — with timiśa creepers; caiva — and also; puṃnāgaiś — with puṃnāga trees; copaśobhitāḥ — and graced, adorned
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.