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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.14.19

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 proposes that they settle there together with Jaṭāyu

3.14.19

idaṃ puṇyam idaṃ medhyam idaṃ bahumṛgadvijam
iha vatsyāma saumitre sārdham etena pakṣiṇā

This place is holy, this is pure, this abounds in deer and birds; here let us dwell, Saumitri, together with this bird.”

Words: idaṃ — this; puṇyam — holy, meritorious; idaṃ — this; medhyam — pure, fit for sacrifice; idaṃ — this; bahumṛgadvijam — abounding in deer and birds; iha — here; vatsyāma — let us dwell; saumitre — O Saumitri; sārdham — together with; etena — this; pakṣiṇā — bird

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.