Then, O king, Rama proceeded to the hermitage of Vaka which was not very far from where he was, the hermitage in which, as heard by us, Dalvya-vaka had practised the hardest of penances.”
पयस्विनीस्तथा धेनूर्यानानि शयनानि च। ययौ राजंस्ततो रामो बकस्याश्रममन्तिकात्। यत्र तेपे तपस्तीव्र दाल्भ्यो बक इति श्रुतिः॥