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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.14.9

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

3.14.9

sa taṃ ruciram ākramya deśam āśramakarmaṇi
haste gṛhītvā hastena rāmaḥ saumitrim abravīt

Having stepped onto that pleasant place for the work of the hermitage, Rāma, taking Saumitri by the hand with his own hand, said to him:

Words: sa — he; taṃ — that; ruciram — pleasant, lovely; ākramya — having stepped upon, occupied; deśam — place; āśramakarmaṇi — for the work of the hermitage; haste — by the hand; gṛhītvā — having taken; hastena — with his hand; rāmaḥ — Rāma; saumitrim — Saumitri (son of Sumitrā, Lakṣmaṇa); abravīt — said

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.