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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.35
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: passing this landmark and crossing to the far shore, Rāvaṇa reaches a secluded hermitage → there he finds Mārīca living with matted hair, bark clothing, deerskin, and restrained diet, and approaches him.
3.33.35
taṃ maharṣigaṇair juṣṭaṃ suparṇakṛtalakṣaṇam
nāmnā subhadraṃ nyagrodhaṃ dadarśa dhanadānujaḥ
The younger brother of Kubera beheld that banyan, frequented by throngs of great sages, marked by Suparṇa's deed, named Subhadra.
Words: taṃ — it; maharṣigaṇair — by throngs of great sages; juṣṭaṃ — frequented, resorted to; suparṇakṛtalakṣaṇam — bearing a mark made by Suparṇa; nāmnā — by name; subhadraṃ — Subhadra ('very auspicious'); nyagrodhaṃ — the banyan; dadarśa — beheld; dhanadānujaḥ — the younger brother of Kubera
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.