Canto 1: Bāla-kāṇḍa (Boyhood)Chapter 28: Viśvāmitra Teaches Rāma to Withdraw Divine WeaponsText 1.28.21
Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 28: Viśvāmitra Teaches Rāma to Withdraw Divine Weapons
Text 1.28.21
निःसृताः स्म मुनिश्रेष्ठ कान्ताराद्रोमहर्षणात्॥
niḥsṛtāḥ sma muni-śreṣṭha kāntārād roma-harṣaṇāt
niḥsṛtāḥ sma = we have left; muni-śreṣṭha = O best of sages; kāntārāt = the forest of Tāṭakā; roma-harṣaṇāt = that made our hairs stand on end.
O best of sages, we have left the forest of Tāṭakā that made our hairs stand on end.
The forest of Tāṭakā was frightful and thus made their hairs stand on end.