Chapter 13 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 13.57

ध्रुवं तु रक्षोबहुला भविष्यति वनाकुला। अशोकवनिका पुण्या सर्वसंस्कारसंस्कृता ॥

dhruvaṃ tu rakṣobahulā bhaviṣyati vanākulā| aśokavanikā puṇyā sarvasaṃskārasaṃskṛtā ||

English Meaning

The sacred Asoka wood, sanctified with every purifying rite and abounding in woods, needs must be full of Rāksas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)