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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.30

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: The account recalls how Garuḍa landed there carrying an elephant and tortoise for food, and his weight broke a great branch above a gathering of ṛṣis

3.33.30

tatra vaikhānasā māṣā vālakhilyā marīcipāḥ
ajā babhūvur dhūmrāś ca saṃgatāḥ paramarṣayaḥ

There were gathered supreme sages—Vaikhānasas, Māṣas, Vālakhilyas, Marīcipas, Ajas, and Dhūmras.

Words: tatra — there; vaikhānasā — Vaikhānasas; māṣā — Māṣas; vālakhilyā — Vālakhilyas; marīcipāḥ — Marīcipas; ajā — Ajas; babhūvur — were, became; dhūmrāś ca — and Dhūmras; saṃgatāḥ — gathered, assembled; paramarṣayaḥ — supreme sages

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.