Chapter 1 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 1.26

ते वनेन वनं गत्वा नदीस्तीर्वा बहूदकाः॥ चित्रकूटमनुप्राप्य भरद्वाजस्य शासनात्। रम्यमावसथं कृत्वा रममाणा वने त्रयः॥

te vanena vanaṃ gatvā nadīstīrvā bahūdakāḥ|| citrakūṭamanuprāpya bharadvājasya śāsanāt| ramyamāvasathaṃ kṛtvā ramamāṇā vane trayaḥ||

English Meaning

Then wending from one forest to another, and having crossed many broad rivers, they, in accordance with Bharadvăja's directions, arrived at the Citrakūta; and constructing a romantic abode, the three began to live there.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)