Rāmāyaṇacampū 2.86_273

2.86_273

And then, resolved, 'Until the return of my noble elder brother, I will not dwell in Ayodhyā; if he exceeds that appointed time and tarries, having immediately resorted to the fire, I shall cheer my life-breaths,' he took up residence in the hermitage named Nandīgrāma.
The son of Daśaratha, too, entered into the depths of the dense jungle to avert the slaughter perpetrated by the host of night-roamers, as recounted by the ascetics whose wealth was serenity.
Verse number 85:
Gazed upon longing-filled by the forest deer with wide eyes, / shoots of fear gone, losing even their taste for mouthfuls of darbha grass, / Rāma, having reached the dwelling of the great sage Atri, celebrated by nature, / received the loving service of the sage whose mind was filled with joy. ||85