Chapter 58 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 58.6

व्यालैर्मृगैराचरितं कृष्णसर्पनिवेषितम्। कथं कुमारौ वैदेह्या सार्धं वनमुपाश्रितौ ॥

vyālairmṛgairācaritaṃ kṛṣṇasarpaniveṣitam| kathaṃ kumārau vaidehyā sārdhaṃ vanamupāśritau ||

English Meaning

How are the princes in company with Vaidehi living in the woods, ranged by serpents and beasts and inhabited by black snakes?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)