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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.11
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 33: Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story. He passes the banyan of Garuḍa’s broken branch and amṛta quest, then reaches Mārīca’s hermitage
In the sequence: he passes coastal forests, hermitages, lotus ponds, nāgas, suparṇas, gandharvas, kiṃnaras, siddhas, cāraṇas and apsarases, fragrant groves, pearls, coral, and prosperous towns
3.33.11
saśailaṃ sāgarānūpaṃ vīryavān avalokayan
nānāpuṣpaphalair vṛkṣair anukīrṇaṃ sahasraśaḥ
The valiant one gazed upon the ocean-shore with its mountains, strewn by the thousand with trees of manifold flowers and fruits,
Words: saśailaṃ — with its mountains; sāgarānūpaṃ — the marshy ocean-shore; vīryavān — the valiant one; avalokayan — gazing upon; nānāpuṣpaphalair — with various flowers and fruits; vṛkṣair — with trees; anukīrṇaṃ — strewn, thickly covered; sahasraśaḥ — by the thousand
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.