Ramayana
निस्तोयास्सरितो यत्र मूलं यत्र सुदुर्लभम् । न सन्ति महिषा यत्र न मृगा न च हस्तिनः ॥ ४-४८-९
- and rivers without water and a place where it was difficult to get roots (for food). There were no buffaloes, no deer, no elephants - ॥ 4-48-9॥
english translation
nistoyAssarito yatra mUlaM yatra sudurlabham । na santi mahiSA yatra na mRgA na ca hastinaH ॥ 4-48-9
hk transliteration by Sanscript