Chapter 73 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 73.14

मतङ्गवनमित्येव विश्रुतं रघुनन्दन। तस्मिन् नन्दनसंकाशे देवारण्योपमे वने॥ नानाविहगसंकीर्णे रंस्यसे राम निर्वृतः।

mataṅgavanamityeva viśrutaṃ raghunandana| tasmin nandanasaṃkāśe devāraṇyopame vane|| nānāvihagasaṃkīrṇe raṃsyase rāma nirvṛtaḥ|

English Meaning

O Rāghava, this forest is widely known as Matanga wood. You shall sport, O Rāma, with a delighted heart in that forest resembling the celestial garden-Nandana and filled with various birds.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)