Chapter 12 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 12.5

स प्रविश्य मुनिश्रेष्ठं तमसा दुषप्रधर्षणम्। कृताञ्जलिरुवाचेदं रामागमनमञ्जसा॥ यथोक्तं लक्ष्मणेनैव शिष्योऽगस्त्यस्य सम्मतः।

sa praviśya muniśreṣṭhaṃ tamasā duṣapradharṣaṇam| kṛtāñjaliruvācedaṃ rāmāgamanamañjasā|| yathoktaṃ lakṣmaṇenaiva śiṣyo'gastyasya sammataḥ|

English Meaning

Entering in, Agastya's beloved disciple, with joined hands communicated to that foremost of ascetics, incapable of being repressed*, exactly what Laksmana had told him, *Some texts:-Effulgent.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)