Chapter 11 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 11.21

तत्र संवसतस्तस्य मुनीनामाश्रमेषु वै॥ रमतश्चानुकूल्येन ययुः संवत्सरा दश।

tatra saṃvasatastasya munīnāmāśrameṣu vai|| ramataścānukūlyena yayuḥ saṃvatsarā daśa|

English Meaning

And as Rāma lived in the asylums of the ascetics and amused himself through their good graces, ten years were passed away (in this way).

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)