Chapter 8 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 8.5

अभ्यनुज्ञातुमिच्छामः सहैभिर्मुनिपुंगवैः। धर्मनित्यैस्तपोदान्तैर्विशिखैरिव पावकैः॥

abhyanujñātumicchāmaḥ sahaibhirmunipuṃgavaiḥ| dharmanityaistapodāntairviśikhairiva pāvakaiḥ||

English Meaning

Now we crave your permission along with that of these foremost of anchorites, steady in virtue, crowned with asceticism and selfcontrolled, resembling smokeless flames.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)