ॐ दण्डकारण्यकर्तनाय नमः
।Om Dandakaranyakartanaya Namah।
The Dweller In The Dandaka Forest
प्रविश्य तु महारण्यं दण्डकारण्यमात्मवान् |
रामो ददर्श दुर्धर्षस्तापसाश्रममण्डलम् || ३-१-१
1. aatmavaan = courageous one; durdharSa = unassailable one; raamaH = Rama; maha araNyam danDaka araNyam = impenetrable, forest, Dandaka forest; pravishya = having entered; taapasa aashrama maNDalam = hermits', hermitages, clusters; dadarsha = seen.
On entering the impenetrable Dandaka forest that courageous and unassailable Rama saw a clusters of hermitages of sages. [3-1-1]