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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.22

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

3.33.22

agarūṇāṃ ca mukhyānāṃ vanāny upavanāni ca
takkolānāṃ ca jātyānāṃ phalānāṃ ca sugandhinām

and forests and groves of choice aloe-wood trees, and of takkola and fragrant fruits of fine kind,

Words: agarūṇāṃ ca — and of aloe-wood (agaru) trees; mukhyānāṃ — choice, principal; vanāny — forests; upavanāni ca — and groves; takkolānāṃ ca — and of takkola (a fragrant plant); jātyānāṃ — of noble, fine kind; phalānāṃ ca — and of fruits; sugandhinām — fragrant

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.