Chapter 8 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 8.6

अविषह्यातपो यावत् सूर्यो नातिविराजते। अमार्गेणागतां लक्ष्मी प्राप्येवान्वयवर्जितः॥ तावदिच्छामहे गन्तुमित्युक्त्वा चरणौ मुनेः। ववन्दे सहसौमित्रिः सीतया सह राघवः॥

aviṣahyātapo yāvat sūryo nātivirājate| amārgeṇāgatāṃ lakṣmī prāpyevānvayavarjitaḥ|| tāvadicchāmahe gantumityuktvā caraṇau muneḥ| vavande sahasaumitriḥ sītayā saha rāghavaḥ||

English Meaning

And we intend to set out ere the sun like to a low-sprung one that has attained to auspicious fortune through evil ways, with rays incapable of being borne, shines too fiercely.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)