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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.6.2

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, Sītā, and Lakṣmaṇa travel with the brāhmaṇas across rivers and through dense forest until they reach Sutīkṣṇa's secluded hermitage

3.6.2

sa gatvā dūram adhvānaṃ nadīs tīrtva bahūdakāḥ
dadarśa vipulaṃ śailaṃ mahāmegham ivonnatam

Having gone a long way and crossed rivers with abundant water, he saw a broad mountain, lofty as a great cloud.

Words: sa — he; gatvā — having gone; dūram — a long; adhvānaṃ — way; nadīs — rivers; tīrtva — having crossed; bahūdakāḥ — with abundant water; dadarśa — saw; vipulaṃ — broad; śailaṃ — mountain; mahāmegham — a great cloud; ivonnatam — lofty as

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.