Chapter 48 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 48.8

इदमाश्रमसंकाशं किं न्विदं मुनिवर्जितम्। श्रोतुमिच्छामि भगवन् कस्यायं पूर्व आश्रमः॥

idamāśramasaṃkāśaṃ kiṃ nvidaṃ munivarjitam| śrotumicchāmi bhagavan kasyāyaṃ pūrva āśramaḥ||

English Meaning

What is this that look like an asylum, though without any ascetics? I wish to hear, O worshipful one, to whom this asylum belonged in time past.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)