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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.15

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

3.33.15

jitakāmaiś ca siddhaiś ca cāmaṇaiś copaśobhitam
ājair vaikhānasair māṣair vālakhilyair marīcipaiḥ

and adorned by those who had conquered desire, by siddhas, and by wandering ascetics; by Ajas, Vaikhānasas, Māṣas, Vālakhilyas, and Marīcipas,

Words: jitakāmaiś ca — and by those who conquered desire; siddhaiś ca — and by siddhas (perfected ones); cāmaṇaiś — by wandering ascetics (śramaṇas?); copaśobhitam — and adorned; ājair — by Ajas; vaikhānasair — by Vaikhānasas; māṣair — by Māṣas; vālakhilyair — by Vālakhilyas; marīcipaiḥ — by Marīcipas

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.