मिथिलोपवने तत्र आश्रमं दृश्य राघवः। पुराणं निर्जनं रम्यं पप्रच्छ मुनिपुङ्गवम्॥
mithilopavane tatra āśramaṃ dṛśya rāghavaḥ| purāṇaṃ nirjanaṃ ramyaṃ papraccha munipuṅgavam||
English Meaning
And in a grove at Mithilā, Rāghava saw an ancient, lonely, and romantic asylum, and asked that foremost of ascetics, saying.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)