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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.10
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 69: Kabandha’s directions to Pampā. He describes food and cool water, Śabarī’s hermitage and unfading flowers, then Sugrīva’s refuge on Ṛṣyamūka
In the sequence: he tells the brothers that birds and fish will supply food, and describes Lakṣmaṇa preparing fish and bringing lotus-scented water for Rāma → the lakeside's animals, trees, and cool water will give relief from grief
3.69.10
nistvakpakṣān ayastaptān akṛśān ekakaṇṭakān
tava bhaktyā samāyukto lakṣmaṇaḥ saṃpradāsyati
Skinned and finless, roasted on iron, not lean, single-boned — Lakṣmaṇa, devoted to you, will serve them up.
Words: nistvakpakṣān — with skin and fins removed; ayastaptān — roasted on iron; akṛśān — not lean, plump; ekakaṇṭakān — single-boned; tava — to you; bhaktyā — with devotion; samāyukto — joined, devoted; lakṣmaṇaḥ — Lakṣmaṇa; saṃpradāsyati — will present, serve up
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.