Chapter 7 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 7.21

एतस्मिन्नाश्रमे वासं चिरं तु न समर्थये। तमेवमुक्त्वोपरमं रामः संध्यामुपागमत् ॥ अन्वास्य पश्चिमां संध्यां तत्र वासमकल्पयत्। सुतीक्ष्णस्याश्रमे रम्ये सीतया लक्ष्मणेन व॥

etasminnāśrame vāsaṃ ciraṃ tu na samarthaye| tamevamuktvoparamaṃ rāmaḥ saṃdhyāmupāgamat || anvāsya paścimāṃ saṃdhyāṃ tatra vāsamakalpayat| sutīkṣṇasyāśrame ramye sītayā lakṣmaṇena va||

English Meaning

Therefore I shall not be able to dwell long in this asylum. Having said this, Rāma ceased and became engaged in his evening adorations, and, having finished them, along with Sīta and Lakşmaņa fixed his quarters in the asylum of Sutiksna.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)