स भुक्त्वा फलमूलं च महर्षि तमुवाच ह। पूर्वा यज्ञविभूतीयं कस्याश्रमसमीपतः।।।।।
sa bhuktvā phalamūlaṃ ca maharṣi tamuvāca ha| pūrvā yajñavibhūtīyaṃ kasyāśramasamīpataḥ|||||
English Meaning
After eating the fruits and roots he asked the great ascetic Vālmīki saying: “O great ascetic, to whom belong the articles of sacrifice in the east near this hermitage?”
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)