Chapter 4 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 4.20

अवटे ये निधीयन्ते तेषां लोकाः सनातनाः। एवमुक्त्वा तु काकुत्स्थं विराधः शरपीडितः॥ बभूव स्वर्गसम्प्राप्तो न्यस्तदेहो महाबलः।

avaṭe ye nidhīyante teṣāṃ lokāḥ sanātanāḥ| evamuktvā tu kākutsthaṃ virādhaḥ śarapīḍitaḥ|| babhūva svargasamprāpto nyastadeho mahābalaḥ|

English Meaning

Those that die in the forest, attain eternal regions. Having said this to Kākutstha, the mighty Viradha, afflicted with arrows, having his body deposited (in the pit), attained heaven.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)