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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.17
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
3.69.17
teṣāṃ bhārābhitaptānāṃ vanyam āharatāṃ guroḥ
ye prapetur mahīṃ tūrṇaṃ śarīrāt svedabindavaḥ
Of those disciples, worn by their burden as they fetched forest-produce for their teacher, the drops of sweat that fell swiftly to the earth from their bodies —
Words: teṣāṃ — of them; bhārābhitaptānāṃ — worn by the burden; vanyam — forest-produce; āharatāṃ — fetching, bringing; guroḥ — for the teacher; ye — which; prapetur — fell down; mahīṃ — to the earth; tūrṇaṃ — swiftly; śarīrāt — from the body; svedabindavaḥ — drops of sweat
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.