Chapter 11 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 11.63

स्निग्धपत्रा यथा वृक्षा यथा क्षान्ता मृगद्विजाः। आश्रमो नातिदूरस्थो महर्षेर्भावितात्मनः॥

snigdhapatrā yathā vṛkṣā yathā kṣāntā mṛgadvijāḥ| āśramo nātidūrastho maharṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ||

English Meaning

The leaves of these trees are glossy, and the beasts and birds are mild, even as (we had been told). This asylum of the pure-hearted Maharsi must not be far.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)