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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.17
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
3.33.17
sevitaṃ devapatnībhiḥ śrīmatībhiḥ śriyā vṛtam
devadānavasaṃghaiś ca caritaṃ tv amṛtāśibhiḥ
frequented by the glorious wives of the gods, filled with splendour, and traversed by hosts of gods and dānavas, the drinkers of nectar,
Words: sevitaṃ — frequented, attended; devapatnībhiḥ — by the wives of the gods; śrīmatībhiḥ — by the glorious ones; śriyā vṛtam — filled with splendour; devadānavasaṃghaiś ca — and by hosts of gods and dānavas; caritaṃ — traversed, frequented; tv — indeed; amṛtāśibhiḥ — by the nectar-eaters
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.