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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.21
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
3.33.21
niryāsarasamūlānāṃ candanānāṃ sahasraśaḥ
vanāni paśyan saumyāni ghrāṇatṛptikarāṇi ca
gazing by the thousand on pleasant forests of sandal trees—fragrant in their exudation, sap, and roots—that gratify the sense of smell,
Words: niryāsarasamūlānāṃ — of (trees whose) exudation, sap, and roots are fragrant; candanānāṃ — of sandal trees; sahasraśaḥ — by the thousand; vanāni — forests; paśyan — seeing; saumyāni — pleasant, gentle; ghrāṇatṛptikarāṇi ca — and gratifying to the smell
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.