Chapter 7 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 7.5

तत्र तापसमासीनं मलपङ्कजधारिणम्। रामः सुतीक्ष्णं विधिवत् तपोधनमभाषत॥

tatra tāpasamāsīnaṃ malapaṅkajadhāriṇam| rāmaḥ sutīkṣṇaṃ vidhivat tapodhanamabhāṣata||

English Meaning

There Rāma duly addressed an ascetic seated in the lotus-attitude* for warding off evil, even Sutīksna, *The yoya system has many positions for concentrating thought.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)