Be you at ease; may good betide you. O foremost of men, we too, return with delighted hearts. O Rāghava, we desire to behold the hermitage of the great saint Agastya. Having been initiated, that highly effulgent Brāhmaṇa saint has lived within waters for twelve years; his vow has now terminated.
स्वस्ति प्राप्नुहि भद्रं ते साधु याम नरर्षभ। अगस्त्यस्याश्रमपदं द्रष्टुमिच्छाम राघव॥ तस्य दीक्षा समाप्ता हि ब्रह्मर्षेः सुमहाद्युते। द्वादशं हि गतं वर्षं जलशय्यां समासतः॥