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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.15

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 explains that the unfading flowers there sprang from the sweat of Mataṅga's disciples as they carried forest produce for their teacher

3.69.15

sumanobhiś citāṃs tatra tilakān naktamālakān
utpalāni ca phullāni paṅkajāni ca rāghava

There tilaka and naktamāla trees heaped with blossoms, and blooming water-lilies and lotuses, O Rāghava —

Words: sumanobhiś — with flowers; citāṃs — heaped, covered; tatra — there; tilakān — tilaka trees; naktamālakān — naktamāla trees; utpalāni — water-lilies; ca — and; phullāni — blooming, in flower; paṅkajāni — lotuses; ca — and; rāghava — Rāghava

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.