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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१५3.15.p07468–3.15.p07472
अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१५3.15.p07468

Sanskrit · 3.15.p07468

'''श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे अरण्यकाण्डे पञ्चदशः सर्गः ॥३-१५॥''' ततः पंचवटीम् गत्वा नाना व्याल मृगायुताम् । उवाच भ्रातरम् रामो लक्ष्मणम् दीप्त तेजसम् ॥३-१५-१॥

English · Meaning

In the venerable Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Araṇyakāṇḍa, the fifteenth canto. ॥3-15॥ Then, having gone to Pañcavaṭī, inhabited by various wild animals, Rāma said to his brother Lakṣmaṇa, who possessed radiant brilliance: ॥3-15-1॥

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१५3.15.p07469

Sanskrit · 3.15.p07469

आगताः स्म यथा उद्दिष्टम् यम् देशम् मुनिः अब्रवीत् । अयम् पंचवटी देशः सौम्य पुष्पित काननः ॥३-१५-२॥

English · Meaning

We have come, as the sage instructed, to the place that he designated. This is the Pañcavaṭī region, O gentle one, with a flowering woodland. ॥3-15-2॥

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१५3.15.p07470

Sanskrit · 3.15.p07470

सर्वतः चार्यताम् दृष्टिः कानने निपुणो हि असि । आश्रमः कतर अस्मिन् नः देशे भवति सम्मतः ॥३-१५-३॥

English · Meaning

Let your gaze be directed everywhere in the forest, for you are skilled. Which hermitage in this region is approved for us? ॥3-15-3॥

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१५3.15.p07471

Sanskrit · 3.15.p07471

रमते यत्र वैदेही त्वम् अहम् चैव लक्ष्मण । तादृशो दृश्यताम् देशः संनिकृष्ट जलाशयः ॥३-१५-४॥

English · Meaning

“Where Vaidehī, you, I, and Lakṣmaṇa may delight, let such a place be found—a place situated near a body of water.”

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१५3.15.p07472

Sanskrit · 3.15.p07472

वन रामण्यकम् यत्र जल रामण्यकम् तथा । संनिकृष्टम् च यस्मिन् तु समित् पुष्प कुश उदकम् ॥३-१५-५॥

English · Meaning

“Where the forest is pleasant and the water is pleasant likewise, and where firewood, flowers, kusa grass, and water are nearby.” The transmitted forms रामण्यकम् and the separated compounds समित् पुष्प कुश उदकम् are retained here; रामण्यकम् may represent “pleasant, delightful,” while the final sequence names things needed for the hermitage.

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