Chapter 6 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 6.2

वैखानसा वालखिल्याः सम्प्रक्षाला मरीचिपाः। अश्मकुट्टाश्च बहवः पत्राहाराश्च तापसाः॥ दन्तोलूखलिनश्चैव तथैवोन्मज्जकाः परे। गात्रशय्या अशय्याश्च तथैवानवकाशिकाः॥ मुनयः सलिलाहारा वायुभक्षास्तथापरे। आवाशनिलयाश्चैव तथा स्थण्डिलशायिनः॥ तथोर्ध्वसिनो दान्तास्तथाऽऽर्द्रपटवाससः। सजपाश्च तपोनिष्ठास्तथा पञ्चतपोऽन्विताः॥ सर्वे ब्राह्मया श्रिया युक्ता दृढयोगसमाहिताः। शरभङ्गाश्रमे राममभिजग्मुश्च तापसाः॥

vaikhānasā vālakhilyāḥ samprakṣālā marīcipāḥ| aśmakuṭṭāśca bahavaḥ patrāhārāśca tāpasāḥ|| dantolūkhalinaścaiva tathaivonmajjakāḥ pare| gātraśayyā aśayyāśca tathaivānavakāśikāḥ|| munayaḥ salilāhārā vāyubhakṣāstathāpare| āvāśanilayāścaiva tathā sthaṇḍilaśāyinaḥ|| tathordhvasino dāntāstathā''rdrapaṭavāsasaḥ| sajapāśca taponiṣṭhāstathā pañcatapo'nvitāḥ|| sarve brāhmayā śriyā yuktā dṛḍhayogasamāhitāḥ| śarabhaṅgāśrame rāmamabhijagmuśca tāpasāḥ||

English Meaning

And Vaikhānasas, and Vālakhilyas, and Sampraksālas, Marīcipas, Aśmakuſțas in numbers, and those ascetics, Patrāhāras, and Dantolūkhalas, Unmajjakas next, and Gātraśayyās, and Asayyās® and Anavakāśikas, those ascetics, Salilāhāras, Vāyubhakşas after them, Akäśanilayas, Sthandilaśāyis Urdhvavāsis3 of controlled senses, and Ārdrapațavāsas given to Japa, practising penances, and engaged in performing the five kinds of austerities-all furnished with the grace that comes of spiritual energy, and all firmly concentrated in Yoga these ascetics presented themselves before Rāma, in the asylum of Sarabhanga.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)