Chapter 71 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 71

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 71.6

शीतीकृत्वा तु गात्राणि क्लान्तानाश्वास्य वाजिनः। तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च प्रायादादाय चोदकम्॥ राजपुत्रो महारण्यमनभीक्ष्णोपसेवितम्। भद्रो भद्रेण यानेन मारुतः खमिवात्यगात्॥

śītīkṛtvā tu gātrāṇi klāntānāśvāsya vājinaḥ| tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca prāyādādāya codakam|| rājaputro mahāraṇyamanabhīkṣṇopasevitam| bhadro bhadreṇa yānena mārutaḥ khamivātyagāt||

English Meaning

Then cooling the limbs of the fatigued horses (with water) and refreshing them, Bharata himself bathed there and drank of the water; and then resumed the march, furnished with the water. Then the gentle prince by means of an excellent car, like to the wind-god himself, entered the mighty forest inhabited by various races of men.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)