Vaishampayana said "Formerly, O foremost of king, the great Rama (the son of Dasharatha) lived for sometime in the forest of Dandaka, for killing the Rakshasas.
वैशम्पायन उवाच पुरा वै दण्डकारण्ये राघवेण महात्मना॥ वसता राजशार्दूल राक्षसान् शमयिष्यता।