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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.21

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 directs them to the protected hermitage and grove on Pampā's western shore.

3.69.21

tatas tad rāma pampāyās tīram āśritya paścimam
āśramasthānam atulaṃ guhyaṃ kākutstha paśyasi

Then, O Rāma, resorting to that western shore of Pampā, you will behold the incomparable, secret hermitage-site, O Kākutstha.

Words: tatas — then; tad — that; rāma — Rāma; pampāyās — of Pampā; tīram — shore, bank; āśritya — resorting to; paścimam — western; āśramasthānam — hermitage-site; atulaṃ — incomparable; guhyaṃ — secret, hidden; kākutstha — Kākutstha; paśyasi — you will see

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.