Chapter 52 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 52.5

सुखोपविष्टं राजानं विश्वामित्रं महातपाः। पप्रच्छ जपतां श्रेष्ठो वसिष्ठो ब्रह्मणः सुतः॥

sukhopaviṣṭaṃ rājānaṃ viśvāmitraṃ mahātapāḥ| papraccha japatāṃ śreṣṭho vasiṣṭho brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ||

English Meaning

Then Brahma's son, Vasistha, the best of those reciting mantras, asked Visvāmitra, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)