Chapter 2 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 2.17

किं तु पूर्व गतास्म्येका महर्षे वितात्मनः। पुलस्त्यस्याश्रमं दिव्यमन्वेष्टुं स्वसखीजनम्॥

kiṃ tu pūrva gatāsmyekā maharṣe vitātmanaḥ| pulastyasyāśramaṃ divyamanveṣṭuṃ svasakhījanam||

English Meaning

But searching for my associates, I had ere this alone repaired to the noble asylum of the Maharși Pulastya of a purified spirit.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)