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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.24
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: Kabandha identifies Ṛṣyamūka to the east of Pampā, a steep mountain associated with Brahmā
3.69.24
ṛṣyamūkas tu pampāyāḥ purastāt puṣpitadrumaḥ
suduḥkhārohaṇo nāma śiśunāgābhirakṣitaḥ
udāro brahmaṇā caiva pūrvakāle vinirmitaḥ
And Ṛṣyamūka, east of Pampā, with flowering trees, called 'hard to climb,' guarded by young elephants, lofty, was fashioned by Brahmā in ancient times.
Words: ṛṣyamūkas — Ṛṣyamūka (mountain); tu — and; pampāyāḥ — of Pampā; purastāt — in front of, to the east of; puṣpitadrumaḥ — with flowering trees; suduḥkhārohaṇo — hard to climb; nāma — by name; śiśunāgābhirakṣitaḥ — guarded by young elephants; udāro — lofty, noble; brahmaṇā — by Brahmā; caiva — and; pūrvakāle — in ancient time; vinirmitaḥ — fashioned, created
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.