Chapter 107 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 107

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 107.17

छायां ते दिनकरभाः प्रबाधमानं वर्षत्रं भरत करोतु मूर्धि शीताम्। एतेषामहमपि काननदुमाणां छायां तामतिशयिनीं शनैः श्रयिष्ये॥

chāyāṃ te dinakarabhāḥ prabādhamānaṃ varṣatraṃ bharata karotu mūrdhi śītām| eteṣāmahamapi kānanadumāṇāṃ chāyāṃ tāmatiśayinīṃ śanaiḥ śrayiṣye||

English Meaning

O Bharata, let the umbrella barring out the rays of the sun, afford cool shade to your head: I shall happily seek the dense shade of these forest trees.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)