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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.14.28
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: the three live happily at Pañcavaṭī for a time.
3.14.28
evaṃ lakṣmaṇam uktvā tu rāghavo lakṣmivardhanaḥ
tasmin deśe bahuphale nyavasat sa sukhaṃ vaśī
Having spoken thus to Lakṣmaṇa, Rāghava, the increaser of prosperity, dwelt happily in that fruitful place, self-controlled.
Words: evaṃ — thus; lakṣmaṇam — Lakṣmaṇa; uktvā — having spoken; tu — but, and; rāghavo — Rāghava; lakṣmivardhanaḥ — the increaser of prosperity; tasmin — in that; deśe — place; bahuphale — fruitful, yielding much fruit; nyavasat — dwelt; sa — he; sukhaṃ — happily; vaśī — self-controlled, master of himself
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.