Having seen that dreary forest frequented by various animals and birds and covered with diverse trees and dense groves, the two sons of Dasaratha beheld a cave in the mountain deep as the region under the earth and ever enveloped with darkness.
दृष्ट्वा तु तद् वनं घोरं बहुभीममृगद्विजम्। नानावृक्षसमाकीर्णं सर्वं गहनपादपम्॥ ददृशाते गिरौ तत्र दरी दशरथात्मजौ। पातालसमगम्भीरां तमसा नित्यसंवृताम्॥