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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.22

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.

3.69.22

na tatrākramituṃ nāgāḥ śaknuvanti tam āśramam
ṛṣes tasya mataṅgasya vidhānāt tac ca kānanam

There the elephants cannot trample that hermitage, nor that grove, by the ordinance of the sage Mataṅga.

Words: na — not; tatrākramituṃ — to trample there; nāgāḥ — elephants; śaknuvanti — are able; tam — that; āśramam — hermitage; ṛṣes — of the sage; tasya — that; mataṅgasya — of Mataṅga; vidhānāt — by the ordinance, decree; tac — and that; ca — and; kānanam — grove, wood

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.