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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.4

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 points out a westward route through flowering, fruit-bearing forests and over mountains toward Pampā

3.69.4

tān āruhyāthavā bhūmau pātayitvā ca tān balāt
phalāny amṛtakalpāni bhakṣayantau gamiṣyathaḥ

Climbing them, or else forcibly bringing them down to the ground, you two will go on eating fruits like nectar.

Words: tān — them; āruhyāthavā — having climbed, or else; bhūmau — onto the ground; pātayitvā — having brought down; ca — and; tān — them; balāt — by force; phalāny — fruits; amṛtakalpāni — like nectar; bhakṣayantau — eating (both); gamiṣyathaḥ — you two will go

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.