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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.25
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 describes its protective marvels, the fulfillment of auspicious dreams there, and danger to wicked visitors
3.69.25
śayānaḥ puruṣo rāma tasya śailasya mūrdhani
yat svapne labhate vittaṃ tat prabuddho 'dhigacchati
A man sleeping on the summit of that mountain, O Rāma — whatever wealth he obtains in a dream, that he finds when he awakes.
Words: śayānaḥ — sleeping, lying down; puruṣo — a man; rāma — Rāma; tasya — of that; śailasya — of the mountain; mūrdhani — on the summit, top; yat — whatever; svapne — in a dream; labhate — obtains; vittaṃ — wealth; tat — that; prabuddho — awakened; 'dhigacchati — finds, attains
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.