तदाहं दण्डकारण्ये विचरन् धर्मदूषकः। आसादयं तदा रामं तापसं धर्ममाश्रितम्॥ वैदेहीं च महाभागां लक्ष्मणं च महारथम्। तापसं नियताहारं सर्वभूतहिते रतम्॥
tadāhaṃ daṇḍakāraṇye vicaran dharmadūṣakaḥ| āsādayaṃ tadā rāmaṃ tāpasaṃ dharmamāśritam|| vaidehīṃ ca mahābhāgāṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahāratham| tāpasaṃ niyatāhāraṃ sarvabhūtahite ratam||
English Meaning
While I was thus traversing the forest of Dandaka throwing obstacles in the way of religious services I saw the pious ascetic Răma living on a restricted fare, the honoured Sītā and the mighty Lakşmaņa, taking recourse to asceticism, moderate in eating and ever engaged in the welfare of created beings.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)