Chapter 52 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 52.9

न वाति मारुतस्तत्र निष्प्रभोऽभूद् दिवाकरः। दृष्ट्वा सीतां परामृष्टां देवो दिव्येन चक्षुषा ॥ कृतं कार्यमिति श्रीमान् व्याजहार पितामहः।

na vāti mārutastatra niṣprabho'bhūd divākaraḥ| dṛṣṭvā sītāṃ parāmṛṣṭāṃ devo divyena cakṣuṣā || kṛtaṃ kāryamiti śrīmān vyājahāra pitāmahaḥ|

English Meaning

And the air did not breathe there; and the sun grew dim. Espying with his divine vision that Sītā was overcome, that Deity, the graceful Great-father exclaimed, Our work is accomplished.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)