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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.14.24

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: Rāma and Sītā are delighted → Rāma embraces Lakṣmaṇa as his reward and says that his considerate care makes their father seem still present

3.14.24

sa taṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛtaṃ saumyam āśramaṃ saha sītayā
rāghavaḥ parṇaśālāyāṃ harṣam āhārayat param

Seeing that lovely hermitage that had been built, Rāghava, together with Sītā, felt supreme joy in the leaf-hut.

Words: sa — he; taṃ — that; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; kṛtaṃ — made, built; saumyam — lovely, pleasant; āśramaṃ — hermitage; saha — together with; sītayā — with Sītā; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; parṇaśālāyāṃ — in the leaf-hut; harṣam — joy, delight; āhārayat — brought on, felt; param — supreme, utmost

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.