Chapter 64 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 64.12

भगवंश्चापहस्तोऽहं सरयूतीरमागतः। जिघांसुः श्वापदं किंचिनिपाने वागतं गजम्॥

bhagavaṃścāpahasto'haṃ sarayūtīramāgataḥ| jighāṃsuḥ śvāpadaṃ kiṃcinipāne vāgataṃ gajam||

English Meaning

O revered one, desirous of killing some beast of prey, and elephant (or some other), come to the waters, I went to the banks of the Sarayū bow in hand.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)