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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.5
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
3.69.5
caṅkramantau varān deśāñ śailāc chailaṃ vanād vanam
tataḥ puṣkariṇīṃ vīrau pampāṃ nāma gamiṣyathaḥ
Roaming through fine regions, from mountain to mountain, from forest to forest, you two heroes will then come to a lotus-pond named Pampā.
Words: caṅkramantau — roaming, wandering (both); varān — excellent, fine; deśāñ — regions; śailāc — from mountain; chailaṃ — to mountain; vanād — from forest; vanam — to forest; tataḥ — then; puṣkariṇīṃ — a lotus-pond; vīrau — you two heroes; pampāṃ — Pampā; nāma — by name; gamiṣyathaḥ — you two will go
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.