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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.71.12

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

3.71.12

sa rāmo vidhivān vṛkṣān sarāṃsi vividhāni ca
paśyan kāmābhisaṃtapto jagāma paramaṃ hradam

That Rāma, orderly of conduct, gazing at the trees and the various lakes, tormented by longing, went to a supreme pool.

Words: sa — he; rāmo — Rāma; vidhivān — orderly, methodical; vṛkṣān — trees; sarāṃsi — lakes, ponds; vividhāni — various; ca — and; paśyan — gazing; kāmābhisaṃtapto — tormented by longing; jagāma — went; paramaṃ — supreme, excellent; hradam — pool, lake

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.