Chapter 55 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 55.21

वसिष्ठस्याश्रमपदं शून्यमासीन्महात्मनः। मुहूर्तमिव निःशब्दमासीदीरिणसंनिभम्॥

vasiṣṭhasyāśramapadaṃ śūnyamāsīnmahātmanaḥ| muhūrtamiva niḥśabdamāsīdīriṇasaṃnibham||

English Meaning

For a time the hermitage of the high souled Vasiştha was bare of living beings, and still like to a wilderness.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)