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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.13

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

3.33.13

kadaly āḍhakisaṃbādhaṃ nālikeropaśobhitam
sālais tālais tamālaiś ca tarubhiś ca supuṣpitaiḥ

dense with plantains and āḍhakī, graced with coconut palms, and with sāla, palmyra, tamāla, and other well-blossomed trees,

Words: kadaly — plantains; āḍhakisaṃbādhaṃ — crowded with āḍhakī (pigeon-pea); nālikeropaśobhitam — graced with coconut palms; sālais — with sāla trees; tālais — with palmyra palms; tamālaiś ca — and with tamāla trees; tarubhiś ca — and with trees; supuṣpitaiḥ — well-blossomed

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.