Chapter 42 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 42.10

तथैव तत्र पश्यन्तौ पत्तनानि वनानि च॥ गिरीश्च सरितः सर्वा राष्ट्राणि नगराणि च। समेत्य दण्डकारण्यं राघवस्याश्रमं ततः॥ ददर्श सहमारीचो रावणो राक्षसाधिपः।

tathaiva tatra paśyantau pattanāni vanāni ca|| girīśca saritaḥ sarvā rāṣṭrāṇi nagarāṇi ca| sametya daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ rāghavasyāśramaṃ tataḥ|| dadarśa sahamārīco rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ|

English Meaning

And beholding diverse towns, forests, mountains, rivers, kingdoms and cities they reached the forest of Dandaka and the asylum of Rāma.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)