Chapter 49 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 49

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 49.13

नात्यर्थमभिकाङ्क्षामि मृगयां सरयूवने। रतिद्देषातुला लोके राजर्षिगणसम्मता॥

nātyarthamabhikāṅkṣāmi mṛgayāṃ sarayūvane| ratiddeṣātulā loke rājarṣigaṇasammatā||

English Meaning

I do not so much long for hunting in the woods of the Sarayū; but a relish (for the pastime) is considered as beyond compare being held in esteem by the Rājarşis.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)