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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.27
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: elephants frequent the lake and surrounding woods
3.69.27
tato 'pi śiśunāgānām ākrandaḥ śrūyate mahān
krīḍatāṃ rāma pampāyāṃ mataṅgāraṇyavāsinām
From there too is heard the great trumpeting of the young elephants sporting at Pampā, dwellers in Mataṅga's forest, O Rāma.
Words: tato — from there; 'pi — even, too; śiśunāgānām — of the young elephants; ākrandaḥ — crying, trumpeting; śrūyate — is heard; mahān — great; krīḍatāṃ — sporting, at play; rāma — Rāma; pampāyāṃ — at Pampā; mataṅgāraṇyavāsinām — dwellers in Mataṅga's forest
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.