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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.6.13

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 6: Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality. The ṛṣi offers heavenly worlds and a forest home, Rāma declines a long stay because hunting the resident deer would distress his host

In the sequence: Rāma says he will earn those for himself and asks instead for a place to live, explaining that Śarabhaṅga sent him

3.6.13

aham evāhariṣyāmi svayaṃ lokān mahāmune
āvāsaṃ tv aham icchāmi pradiṣṭam iha kānane

“I myself shall win the worlds for myself, great sage; but I wish for a dwelling here in this forest, one pointed out to me.

Words: aham — I; evāhariṣyāmi — myself shall win; svayaṃ — by myself; lokān — the worlds; mahāmune — O great sage; āvāsaṃ — a dwelling; tv — but; aham — I; icchāmi — wish; pradiṣṭam — pointed out; iha — here; kānane — in the forest

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.