Chapter 61 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 61

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 61.9

उपाध्यायवचः श्रुत्वा स राजा पुरुषर्षभः। अन्वियेष महाबुद्धिः पशुं गोभिः सहस्रशः॥

upādhyāyavacaḥ śrutvā sa rājā puruṣarṣabhaḥ| anviyeṣa mahābuddhiḥ paśuṃ gobhiḥ sahasraśaḥ||

English Meaning

Hearing the priest's words, that highly intelligent king began to range various countries and provinces, cities, forests, and holy asylums, searching for the beast, with a thousand king (as the price thereof.)

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)