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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.7
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 smooth banks, clear water, lotuses, and fearless waterbirds
3.69.7
tatra haṃsāḥ plavāḥ krauñcāḥ kurarāś caiva rāghava
valgusvarā nikūjanti pampāsalilagocarāḥ
There, O Rāghava, swans, waterfowl, krauñcas and ospreys, sweet-voiced, call out, dwelling in the waters of Pampā.
Words: tatra — there; haṃsāḥ — swans, geese; plavāḥ — waterfowl; krauñcāḥ — krauñca birds; kurarāś — ospreys; caiva — and; rāghava — Rāghava; valgusvarā — sweet-voiced; nikūjanti — warble, cry out; pampāsalilagocarāḥ — dwelling in the waters of Pampā
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.