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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.14.17
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
3.14.17
cūtair aśokais tilakaiś campakaiḥ ketakair api
puṣpagulmalatopetais tais tais tarubhir āvṛtāḥ
with mango, aśoka, tilaka, campaka, and ketaka trees too, covered all about with these and those trees, with their flowering shrubs and vines.
Words: cūtair — with mango trees; aśokais — with aśoka trees; tilakaiś — with tilaka trees; campakaiḥ — with campaka trees; ketakair — with ketaka (screw-pine); api — also; puṣpagulmalatopetais — joined with flowering shrubs and vines; tais tais — with these and those; tarubhir — with trees; āvṛtāḥ — covered
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.