शनै: शनै: slowly and slowly, वनानि forests, सरितश्चैव rivers, व्यतिक्रम्य crossing, मुनिपुङ्गव: foremost of ascetics, यत्र where he was, तं देशम् that place, अभिचक्राम reached.

Crossing forests and rivers slowly, the king reached the place where that foremost of ascetics lived.