अस्मिन्नरण्ये भगवन्नगस्त्यो मुनिसत्तमः॥ वसतीति मया नित्यं कथाः कथयतां श्रुतम्। न तु जानामि तं देशं वनस्यास्य महत्तया॥
asminnaraṇye bhagavannagastyo munisattamaḥ|| vasatīti mayā nityaṃ kathāḥ kathayatāṃ śrutam| na tu jānāmi taṃ deśaṃ vanasyāsya mahattayā||
English Meaning
I have always heard from men speaking on the subject that that foremost of ascetics, the reverend Agastya, lives in this forest. On account of the vastness of this forest, I do not know that place.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)