The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 1.34.3

1.34.3

tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya kṛtvā paurvāhṇikīṃ kriyām
gamanaṃ rocayām āsa vākyaṃ cedam uvāca ha

Then Ráma rose, and finished all
His duties at the hermit's call,
Prepared with joy the road to take,
And thus again in question spake:
'Here fair and deep the S'ona flows,
And many an isle its bosom shows:
What way, O Saint, will lead us o'er
And land us on the farther shore?
The saint replied: 'The way I choose
Is that which pious hermits use.'