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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.70.2

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 70: Śabarī’s welcome and ascent. She shows the seven seas gathered for her teachers’ bath, receives Rāma’s permission and enters fire to rejoin them

In the sequence: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa follow Kabandha's westward route, passing fruit-laden trees and spending a night on a mountain ridge

3.70.2

tau śaileṣv ācitānekān kṣaudrakalpaphaladrumān
vīkṣantau jagmatur draṣṭuṃ sugrīvaṃ rāmalakṣmaṇau

Gazing at the many trees on the mountains laden with fruit sweet as honey, those two, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, went on to see Sugrīva.

Words: tau — the two; śaileṣv — on the mountains; ācitānekān — the many laden (trees); kṣaudrakalpaphaladrumān — trees with fruit like honey; vīkṣantau — gazing (both); jagmatur — the two went; draṣṭuṃ — to see; sugrīvaṃ — Sugrīva; rāmalakṣmaṇau — Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

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.