Chapter 12 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 12.16

बहिर्लक्ष्मण निष्क्रामत्यगस्त्यो भगवानृषिः। औदार्येणावगच्छामि निधानं तपसामिमम्॥

bahirlakṣmaṇa niṣkrāmatyagastyo bhagavānṛṣiḥ| audāryeṇāvagacchāmi nidhānaṃ tapasāmimam||

English Meaning

O Laksmana, the revered saint, Agastya, is coming out. I recognize that mass of asceticism by a certain kind of majesty (that characterises him).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)