Chapter 58 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 58.25

अस्माकं विहिता वृत्तिनिसर्गेण च दूरतः। विहिता वृक्षमूले तु वृत्तिश्चरणयोधिनाम्॥

asmākaṃ vihitā vṛttinisargeṇa ca dūrataḥ| vihitā vṛkṣamūle tu vṛttiścaraṇayodhinām||

English Meaning

Therefore (the Deity) has ordained such food for us as are fraught with the power of making one see from a great distance. And the abode of cocks and others being underneath trees, their sight is limited to the extent which they require to see.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)