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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.14.8

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 considers the ground, takes his brother's hand, and indicates a level spot among flowering trees

3.14.8

suprītas tena vākyena lakṣmaṇasya mahādyutiḥ
vimṛśan rocayām āsa deśaṃ sarvaguṇānvitam

Well pleased by that speech of Lakṣmaṇa, the greatly radiant one, after reflecting, chose a place endowed with every good quality.

Words: suprītas — well pleased; tena — by that; vākyena — speech, word; lakṣmaṇasya — of Lakṣmaṇa; mahādyutiḥ — the greatly radiant one; vimṛśan — reflecting, considering; rocayām āsa — chose, found pleasing; deśaṃ — place; sarvaguṇānvitam — endowed with every good quality

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.