Chapter 1 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 1.2

पुण्यैश्च नियताहारैः शोभितं परमर्षिभिः। तद्ब्रह्मभवनप्रख्यं ब्रह्मघोषनिनादितम्॥ ब्रह्मविद्भिर्महाभागैाह्मणैरुपशोभितम्। तद् दृष्ट्वा राघवः श्रीमांस्तापसाश्रममण्डलम्॥ अभ्यगच्छन्महातेजा विज्यं कृत्वा महद् धनुः।

puṇyaiśca niyatāhāraiḥ śobhitaṃ paramarṣibhiḥ| tadbrahmabhavanaprakhyaṃ brahmaghoṣanināditam|| brahmavidbhirmahābhāgaiāhmaṇairupaśobhitam| tad dṛṣṭvā rāghavaḥ śrīmāṃstāpasāśramamaṇḍalam|| abhyagacchanmahātejā vijyaṃ kṛtvā mahad dhanuḥ|

English Meaning

Beholding that collection of asylums belonging to the ascetics, resembling the regions of Brahmă, resonant with the voices of Vedic recitations; and grateful; with highly pious Brāhmaṇas versed in the Vedas, the exceedingly energetic and graceful Rāghava entered the same, having first unstrung his mighty bow.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)