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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.7.14

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

3.7.14

phullapaṅkajaṣaḍāni prasannasalilāni ca
kāraṇḍavavikīrṇāni taṭākāni sarāṃsi ca

and ponds and lakes with clusters of blooming lotuses and clear water, strewn with kāraṇḍava ducks,

Words: phullapaṅkajaṣaḍāni — with clusters of blooming lotuses; prasannasalilāni ca — and with clear water; kāraṇḍavavikīrṇāni — strewn with kāraṇḍava ducks; taṭākāni — ponds; sarāṃsi ca — and lakes

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.