Chapter 16 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 16.26

त्यक्त्वा राज्यं च मानं च भोगांश्च विविधान् बहून्। तपस्वी नियताहारः शेते शीते महीतले॥

tyaktvā rājyaṃ ca mānaṃ ca bhogāṃśca vividhān bahūn| tapasvī niyatāhāraḥ śete śīte mahītale||

English Meaning

And forsaking kingdom, and dignity, and the many and various enjoyments, Bharata practising asceticism and restraining himself in respect of food, in this winter lie down on the bare earth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)