Chapter 98 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 98

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 98.12

कृतकार्यमिदं दुर्गवनं व्यालनिषेवितम्। यदध्यास्ते महाराजो रामः शस्त्रभृतां वरः॥

kṛtakāryamidaṃ durgavanaṃ vyālaniṣevitam| yadadhyāste mahārājo rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ||

English Meaning

And blessed is this deep forest inhabited by ferocious animals, where abide the great king Rāma, the foremost of those bearing arms.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)