Chapter 56 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 56.29

जपं च न्यायतः कृत्वा स्नात्वा नद्यां यथाविधि। पापसंशमनं रामश्चकार बलिमुत्तमम्॥ वेदिस्थलविधानानि चैत्यान्यायतनानि च। आश्रमस्यानुरूपाणि स्थापयामास राघवः॥

japaṃ ca nyāyataḥ kṛtvā snātvā nadyāṃ yathāvidhi| pāpasaṃśamanaṃ rāmaścakāra balimuttamam|| vedisthalavidhānāni caityānyāyatanāni ca| āśramasyānurūpāṇi sthāpayāmāsa rāghavaḥ||

English Meaning

Having duly performed Japa and bathed is consonance with the ordinance, Rāma made an excellent sacrifice for removing sin. And then Rāghava established a dais, and a Caitya proportionate to the abode.* The N.W.P. text reads:, "And in that romantic. forest abounding in various kinds of beast and birds, with trees bearing a profusion of variegated flowers, and resounding with the roars of beasts and serpents, those ones and, who had conquered their senses, began to live happily.",

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)