Chapter 68 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 68

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 68.8

परिकलान्तस्य मे तात पक्षौ छित्वा निशाचरः। सीतामादाय वैदेही प्रयातो दक्षिणामुखः॥

parikalāntasya me tāta pakṣau chitvā niśācaraḥ| sītāmādāya vaidehī prayāto dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ||

English Meaning

O darling, myself being worn out that nightranger, having sundered my wings, fled away with Sītā to the southerly direction.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)