अथ ते रामामन्त्र्य कृत्वा चापि प्रदक्षिणम्। एवमस्त्विति काकुत्स्थमुक्त्वा जग्मुर्यथागतम्॥ स च तान् राघवो ज्ञात्वा विश्वामित्रं महामुनिम्। गच्छन्नेवाथ मधुरं श्लक्ष्णं वचनमब्रवीत्॥ किमेतन्मेघसंकाशं पर्वतस्याविदूरतः। वृक्षखण्डमितो भाति परं कौतूहलं हि मे॥
atha te rāmāmantrya kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam| evamastviti kākutsthamuktvā jagmuryathāgatam|| sa ca tān rāghavo jñātvā viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim| gacchannevātha madhuraṃ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanamabravīt|| kimetanmeghasaṃkāśaṃ parvatasyāvidūrataḥ| vṛkṣakhaṇḍamito bhāti paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me||
English Meaning
Thereupon paying homage to Rāma, and having gone round him, they replied to Kākutstha, What is yonder wood hard by the hill, appearing like clouds? Great is my curiosity.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)