Chapter 99 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 99

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 99.11

यमेवाधातुमिच्छन्ति तापसाः सततं वने। तस्यासौ दृश्यते धूमः संकुलः कृष्णवर्त्मनः॥

yamevādhātumicchanti tāpasāḥ satataṃ vane| tasyāsau dṛśyate dhūmaḥ saṃkulaḥ kṛṣṇavartmanaḥ||

English Meaning

Here is seen the dense and dark smoke of that which the anchorets are ever anxious to preserve in the forest, fire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)