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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.71.11
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 71: Rāma enters Pampā’s waters. The sacred rites renew his hope, the lake revives his longing for Sītā and he resolves to seek Sugrīva
In the sequence: they leave the hermitage and pass through flowering woods toward the lake
3.71.11
samīkṣamāṇaḥ puṣpāḍhyaṃ sarvato vipuladrumam
koyaṣṭibhiś cārjunakaiḥ śatapatraiś ca kīcakaiḥ
etaiś cānyaiś ca vividhair nāditaṃ tad vanaṃ mahat
Gazing at that great forest, rich in flowers, everywhere thick with tall trees, resounding with lapwings and arjunaka birds, woodpeckers and whistling bamboos, and with these and various others —
Words: samīkṣamāṇaḥ — gazing at, surveying; puṣpāḍhyaṃ — rich in flowers; sarvato — everywhere; vipuladrumam — with tall, abundant trees; koyaṣṭibhiś — with lapwings; cārjunakaiḥ — and with arjunaka birds; śatapatraiś — with woodpeckers; ca — and; kīcakaiḥ — with whistling (hollow) bamboos; etaiś — with these; cānyaiś — and with others; ca — and; vividhair — various; nāditaṃ — made to resound; tad — that; vanaṃ — forest; mahat — great
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.