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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.63.5

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 63: Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu. Rāma mistakes him for Sītā’s killer, Jaṭāyu names Rāvaṇa and explains the wreckage, the brothers embrace him

In the sequence: Lakṣmaṇa recommends searching Janasthāna's woods, ravines, mountain strongholds, and caves → the brothers resume the search together

3.63.5

rākṣasair bahubhiḥ kīrṇaṃ nānādrumalatāyutam
santīha giridurgāṇi nirdarāḥ kandarāṇi ca

“It is thronged with many rākṣasas and furnished with all manner of trees and creepers; here are mountain-fastnesses, ravines, and caverns,

Words: rākṣasair — with rākṣasas; bahubhiḥ — many; kīrṇaṃ — strewn, thronged; nānādrumalatāyutam — furnished with various trees and creepers; santīha — here are; giridurgāṇi — mountain-fastnesses; nirdarāḥ — ravines, mountain-clefts; kandarāṇi — caverns, glens; ca — and

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.