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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.6.14

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

3.6.14

bhavān sarvatra kuśalaḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ
ākhyātaḥ śarabhaṅgena gautamena mahātmanā

You, skilled in everything and devoted to the welfare of all beings, were described to me by the great-souled Śarabhaṅga Gautama.”

Words: bhavān — you (honorific); sarvatra — everywhere, in everything; kuśalaḥ — skilled; sarvabhūtahite — to the welfare of all beings; rataḥ — devoted; ākhyātaḥ — described, spoken of; śarabhaṅgena — by Śarabhaṅga; gautamena — Gautama (of Gautama's line); mahātmanā — by the great-souled

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.