Chapter 13 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 13.10

महापार्श्व प्रवदतो रहस्यं किंचिदात्मनः। चिरवृत्तं तदाख्यास्ये यदवाप्तं पुरा मया॥ पितामहस्य भवनं गच्छन्तीं पुञ्जिकस्थलाम्। चञ्चर्यमाणामद्राक्षमाकाशेऽग्निशिखामिव ॥

mahāpārśva pravadato rahasyaṃ kiṃcidātmanaḥ| ciravṛttaṃ tadākhyāsye yadavāptaṃ purā mayā|| pitāmahasya bhavanaṃ gacchantīṃ puñjikasthalām| cañcaryamāṇāmadrākṣamākāśe'gniśikhāmiva ||

English Meaning

O Mahāparáva, I will relate to you, who have spoken (thus), a secret matter relating to myself, which befell me long since I saw Puñjikasthală, like a flame in the sky, coursing to the Greatfather's mansion.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)