Chapter 54 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 54.5

प्रयागमभितः पश्य सौमित्रे धूममुत्तमम्। अग्नेर्भगवतः केतुं मन्ये संनिहितो मुनिः॥

prayāgamabhitaḥ paśya saumitre dhūmamuttamam| agnerbhagavataḥ ketuṃ manye saṃnihito muniḥ||

English Meaning

O son of Sumitrā, do you behold the beautiful wreath of smoke that rises in front of Prayāga, sign of the worshipful Fire, and I infer some ascetic to be near.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)