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)