Chapter 31 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 31.21

नोदितो रामवाक्येन कथयामास सुव्रतः। तस्य देशस्य निखिलमृषिमध्ये महातपाः॥

nodito rāmavākyena kathayāmāsa suvrataḥ| tasya deśasya nikhilamṛṣimadhye mahātapāḥ||

English Meaning

Thus addressed by Rāma, that one of high austerities and excellent vows began in the midst of the saints to describe the opulence of that region.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)