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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.26
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
3.33.26
hastyaśvarathagāḍhāni nagarāṇy avalokayan
taṃ samaṃ sarvataḥ snigdhaṃ mṛdusaṃsparśamārutam
gazing on cities dense with elephants, horses, and chariots—and (he saw) that region, level and glossy on every side, its breeze soft to the touch,
Words: hastyaśvarathagāḍhāni — dense with elephants, horses, and chariots; nagarāṇy — cities; avalokayan — gazing at; taṃ — it (the region); samaṃ — level, even; sarvataḥ — on every side; snigdhaṃ — glossy, smooth; mṛdusaṃsparśamārutam — with a breeze soft to the touch
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.