Chapter 15 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 15

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 15.4

रमते यत्र वैदेही त्वमहं चैव लक्ष्मणः। तादृशो दृश्यतां देशः संनिकृष्टजलाशयः॥ वनरामण्यकं यत्र जलरामण्यकं तथा। संनिकृष्टं च यस्मिस्तु समित्पुष्पकृशोदकम्॥

ramate yatra vaidehī tvamahaṃ caiva lakṣmaṇaḥ| tādṛśo dṛśyatāṃ deśaḥ saṃnikṛṣṭajalāśayaḥ|| vanarāmaṇyakaṃ yatra jalarāmaṇyakaṃ tathā| saṃnikṛṣṭaṃ ca yasmistu samitpuṣpakṛśodakam||

English Meaning

Do you find out such a place in the vicinity of a tank where yourself Sītā and I may dwell happily, which is graced with the garniture of woods and delightful with liquid lapses, and whose neighbourhood yields fuel, flowers, Kuća and water.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)