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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.7.13

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 7: Departure from Sutīkṣṇa. Rāma obtains leave to visit other hermitages and promises to return, Sītā hands the brothers their weapons

In the sequence: he describes the forests, peaceful animals, lotus ponds, and mountain cascades they will see, and asks them to return to his hermitage afterward

3.7.13

suprājyaphalamūlāni puṣpitāni vanāni ca
praśāntamṛgayūthāni śāntapakṣigaṇāni ca

You will see forests rich in fruits and roots and in bloom, with peaceful herds of deer and calm flocks of birds,

Words: suprājyaphalamūlāni — having abundant fruits and roots; puṣpitāni — flowering, in bloom; vanāni ca — and forests; praśāntamṛgayūthāni — with peaceful herds of deer; śāntapakṣigaṇāni ca — and with calm flocks of birds

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.