Hearing these words of the villagers, that hero, the lord of Kosala, left Kosala behind him. Then crossing the river Vedaśruti of sacred waters, Rāma went in the direction of the quarter in which Agastya resided. (South)
एता वाचो मनुष्याणां ग्रामसंवासवासिनाम्। शृण्वन्नतिययौ वीरः कोसलान् कोसलेश्वरः॥ ततो वेदश्रुतिं नाम शिववारिवहां नदीम्। उत्तीर्याभिमुखः प्रायादगस्त्याध्युषितां दिशम्॥