Chapter 12 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 12.42

स देशः श्लाघनीयश्च नातिदूरे च राघव । गोदावर्याः समीपे च मैथिली तत्र रंस्यते॥

sa deśaḥ ślāghanīyaśca nātidūre ca rāghava | godāvaryāḥ samīpe ca maithilī tatra raṃsyate||

English Meaning

And that tract is worthy of all praise, and, O Rāghava, it is not distant from here. It is in the vicinity of the Godāvarī. Mithilā's daughter shall live there agreeably.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)