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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.16
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
3.69.16
na tāni kaś cin mālyāni tatrāropayitā naraḥ
mataṅgaśiṣyās tatrāsann ṛṣayaḥ susamāhitaḥ
No man is the one who strung those garlands there; the sages there were disciples of Mataṅga, well-composed.
Words: na — not; tāni — those; kaś — any; cin — -ever; mālyāni — garlands; tatrāropayitā — the one stringing them there; naraḥ — man; mataṅgaśiṣyās — disciples of Mataṅga; tatrāsann — were there; ṛṣayaḥ — sages, seers; susamāhitaḥ — well-composed, concentrated
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.