Chapter 57 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 57.17

यथा वै मृगसंघाश्च गोमायुश्चैव भैरवम्। वाशन्ते शकुनाश्चापि प्रदीप्तामभितो दिशम्। अपि स्वस्ति भवेत् तस्या राजपुत्र्या महाबल॥

yathā vai mṛgasaṃghāśca gomāyuścaiva bhairavam| vāśante śakunāścāpi pradīptāmabhito diśam| api svasti bhavet tasyā rājaputryā mahābala||

English Meaning

As these multitudes of beasts and these jackals are crying frightfully in the flaming direction*, I do not know, O you of mighty strength, whether it is well with that daughter of the king. i.e. The quarter presided over by the sun, vic., the East.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)