Chapter 8 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 8.4

त्वरामहे वयं द्रष्टुं कृत्स्नमाश्रममण्डलम्। ऋषीणां पुण्यशीलानां दण्डकारण्यवासिनाम्॥

tvarāmahe vayaṃ draṣṭuṃ kṛtsnamāśramamaṇḍalam| ṛṣīṇāṃ puṇyaśīlānāṃ daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinām||

English Meaning

We hasten to view the collections of asylums that belong to the holy sages inhabiting the forest of Dandaka.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)