Aranya Kanda 68.38
Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Aranya Kanda 68 · Verse 38
Sanskrit Original
कृतोदकौ तावपि पक्षिसत्तमे स्थिरां च बुद्धिं प्रणिधाय जग्मतुः। प्रवेश्य सीताधिगमे ततो मनो वनं सुरेन्द्रविव विष्णुवासवौ।।
kṛtōdakau tāvapi pakṣisattamē sthirāṅ ca buddhiṅ praṇidhāya jagmatuḥ. pravēśya sītādhigamē tatō manō vanaṅ surēndraviva viṣṇuvāsavau৷৷
Rama and Lakshmana, like two lords of gods, Indra and Visnu, offered libations for the great bird with their settled minds and concentrated and then entered deeper into the forest turning their attention to the search for Sita. इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये अरण्यकाण्डे अष्टषष्टितमस्सर्गः।। Thus ends the sixtyeighth sarga of Aranyakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.