Chapter 23 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 23.5

तत्राश्रमपदं पुण्यमृषीणां भावितात्मनाम्। बहुवर्षसहस्राणि तप्यतां परमं तपः॥

tatrāśramapadaṃ puṇyamṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām| bahuvarṣasahasrāṇi tapyatāṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ||

English Meaning

There lay a holy hermitage, belonging to ascetics of subdued souls, where they had been carrying on their high austerities for thousands of years.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)