Chapter 5 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 5.22

अहं ज्ञात्वा नरव्याघ्र वर्तमानमदूरतः। ब्रह्मलोकं न गच्छामि त्वामदृष्ट्वा प्रियातिथिम्॥

ahaṃ jñātvā naravyāghra vartamānamadūrataḥ| brahmalokaṃ na gacchāmi tvāmadṛṣṭvā priyātithim||

English Meaning

O chief of men, knowing that you were near, I became anxious to go to the minor celestial regions and the supreme heaven (of Brahmā), after I had seen you, righteous and high-souled, who are my dear guest now.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)