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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.14.21

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: Lakṣmaṇa quickly constructs a spacious leaf-roofed hut with packed-clay walls, strong posts, and bamboo rafters

3.14.21

parṇaśālāṃ suvipulāṃ tatra saṃghātamṛttikām
sustambhāṃ maskarair dīrghaiḥ kṛtavaṃśāṃ suśobhanām

There a very spacious leaf-hut with packed-clay walls, well-pillared, its rafters made of long bamboo poles, most beautiful;

Words: parṇaśālāṃ — a leaf-hut; suvipulāṃ — very spacious; tatra — there; saṃghātamṛttikām — with packed clay (walls); sustambhāṃ — well-pillared; maskarair — with bamboo poles; dīrghaiḥ — long; kṛtavaṃśāṃ — with rafters made; suśobhanām — most beautiful

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.