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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.18

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

3.69.18

tāni mālyāni jātāni munīnāṃ tapasā tadā
svedabindusamutthāni na vinaśyanti rāghava

Those garlands, then born of the sages' austerity, springing from drops of sweat, do not wither, O Rāghava.

Words: tāni — those; mālyāni — garlands; jātāni — born, produced; munīnāṃ — of the sages; tapasā — by austerity; tadā — then; svedabindusamutthāni — sprung from drops of sweat; na — not; vinaśyanti — wither, perish; rāghava — Rāghava

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.