Chapter 26 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 26.42

अथवा न्यस्तशस्त्रौ तौ वने मूलफलाशनौ। भ्रातरौ हि नरश्रेष्ठौ चरन्तौ वनगोचरौ॥

athavā nyastaśastrau tau vane mūlaphalāśanau| bhrātarau hi naraśreṣṭhau carantau vanagocarau||

English Meaning

Or those two brothers, the foremost of men, laying aside their weapons, and living on fruits and roots, have been wandering in the forest.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)