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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.14.7
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 asks Rāma himself to choose and promises to follow his directions
3.14.7
paravān asmi kākutstha tvayi varṣaśataṃ sthite
svayaṃ tu rucire deśe kriyatām iti māṃ vada
“I am dependent on you, Kākutstha, though you should stand a hundred years; you yourself must tell me, ‘Let it be made in this pleasant place.’
Words: paravān — dependent, subject to another; asmi — I am; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; tvayi — on you, in your case; varṣaśataṃ — for a hundred years; sthite — standing, abiding; svayaṃ — yourself; tu — but; rucire — pleasant, lovely; deśe — place; kriyatām — let it be made; iti — thus (saying); māṃ — to me; vada — tell, say
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.