Chapter 68 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 68

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 68.33

कृतोदकौ तावपि पक्षिसत्तम स्थिरां च बुद्धिं प्रणिधाय जग्मतुः। प्रवेश्य सीताधिगमे ततो मनो वनं सुरेन्द्राविव विष्णुवासवौ॥

kṛtodakau tāvapi pakṣisattama sthirāṃ ca buddhiṃ praṇidhāya jagmatuḥ| praveśya sītādhigame tato mano vanaṃ surendrāviva viṣṇuvāsavau||

English Meaning

Having performed the Udaka ceremony for that best of birds and considering him in the light of a father they went away and entered the forest in quest of Sītā like to the two best of celestials-Visnu and Vasava. glorious work, that king of vultures, consecrated by the ascetic-like Rāma, attained to an excellent state.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)