Show me, I pray, some spot of ground

Where thick trees wave and springs abound,

That I may raise my hermit cell

And there in tranquil pleasure dwell.”

Then thus replied Agastya, best

Of hermits, to the chief's request:

When for a little he had bent

His thoughts, upon that prayer intent:

“Beloved son, four leagues away

Is Panchavaṭí bright and gay: