दृष्ट्वा तु तद् वनं घोरं बहुभीममृगद्विजम्। नानावृक्षसमाकीर्णं सर्वं गहनपादपम्॥ ददृशाते गिरौ तत्र दरी दशरथात्मजौ। पातालसमगम्भीरां तमसा नित्यसंवृताम्॥
dṛṣṭvā tu tad vanaṃ ghoraṃ bahubhīmamṛgadvijam| nānāvṛkṣasamākīrṇaṃ sarvaṃ gahanapādapam|| dadṛśāte girau tatra darī daśarathātmajau| pātālasamagambhīrāṃ tamasā nityasaṃvṛtām||
English Meaning
Having seen that dreary forest frequented by various animals and birds and covered with diverse trees and dense groves, the two sons of Dasaratha beheld a cave in the mountain deep as the region under the earth and ever enveloped with darkness.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)