Chapter 17 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 17.3

उवास सुखितस्तत्र पूज्यमानो महर्षिभिः। स रामः पर्णशालायामासीनः सह सीतया॥ विरराज महाबाहुश्चित्रया चन्द्रमा इव। लक्ष्मणेन सह भ्राता चकार विविधाः कथाः॥

uvāsa sukhitastatra pūjyamāno maharṣibhiḥ| sa rāmaḥ parṇaśālāyāmāsīnaḥ saha sītayā|| virarāja mahābāhuścitrayā candramā iva| lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātā cakāra vividhāḥ kathāḥ||

English Meaning

And honoured of the Maharsis, Rāma happily dwelt in that cottage; and seated with Sītā that mighty-armed one looked like the moon in conjunction with Citrā. And he carried on various converse with his brother Lakşınana.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)