Chapter 74 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 74

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 74.17

इह ते भावितात्मानो गुरवो मे महाद्युते। जुहवाञ्चक्रिरे नीडं मन्त्रवन्मन्त्रपूजितम्॥

iha te bhāvitātmāno guravo me mahādyute| juhavāñcakrire nīḍaṃ mantravanmantrapūjitam||

English Meaning

Here in this forest the pure-souled preceptors sacrificed to fire their persons consecrated by the Mantras as Mantra itself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)