Chapter 9 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 9.12

पुरा किल महाबाहो तपस्वी सत्यवाञ्छुचिः। कस्मिश्चिंदभवत् पुण्ये वने रतमृगद्विजे॥

purā kila mahābāho tapasvī satyavāñchuciḥ| kasmiściṃdabhavat puṇye vane ratamṛgadvije||

English Meaning

Formerly, O long-armed one, in a sacred wood haunted by beasts and birds, there lived a truthful ascetic of a pure person.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)