Chapter 11 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 11.68

मार्ग निरोद्धं सततं भास्करस्याचलोत्तमः। संदेसं पालयंस्तस्य विन्ध्यशैलो नि वर्धते ॥ अयं दीर्घायुषस्तस्य लोके विश्रुतकर्मणः। अगस्त्यस्याश्रमः श्रीमान् विनीतमृगसेवितः॥

mārga niroddhaṃ satataṃ bhāskarasyācalottamaḥ| saṃdesaṃ pālayaṃstasya vindhyaśailo ni vardhate || ayaṃ dīrghāyuṣastasya loke viśrutakarmaṇaḥ| agastyasyāśramaḥ śrīmān vinītamṛgasevitaḥ||

English Meaning

This graceful asylum ranged by mild beasts belongs to that long-lived one of renowned achievements, Agastya, in obedience to whose command, the Vindhya mountain-foremost of its kind, which had always obstructed the way of the Sun, does not increase.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)