Chapter 63 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 63.6

तपसो हि महाविघ्नो विश्वामित्रमुपागमत्। तस्यां वसन्त्यां वर्षाणि पञ्च पञ्च च राघव॥ विश्वामित्राश्रमे सौम्ये सुखेन व्यतिचक्रमुः।

tapaso hi mahāvighno viśvāmitramupāgamat| tasyāṃ vasantyāṃ varṣāṇi pañca pañca ca rāghava|| viśvāmitrāśrame saumye sukhena vyaticakramuḥ|

English Meaning

And mighty was the hindrance that befell Viśvāmitra as regarded his asceticism, as she, O Rāghava, staying in that asylum of his, pleasantly spent five and five years, O gentle one.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)