Chapter 119 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 119

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 119.20

इतीरितः प्राञ्जलिभिस्तपस्विभिर्द्विजैः कृतस्वस्त्ययनः यनः परंतपः। वनं सभार्यः प्रविवेश राघवः सलक्ष्मणः सूर्य इवाभ्रमण्डलम्॥

itīritaḥ prāñjalibhistapasvibhirdvijaiḥ kṛtasvastyayanaḥ yanaḥ paraṃtapaḥ| vanaṃ sabhāryaḥ praviveśa rāghavaḥ salakṣmaṇaḥ sūrya ivābhramaṇḍalam||

English Meaning

Thus addressed by the ascetic twice-born ones, and having been blessed by them, that repressor of foes, Rāghava, entered the forest in company with his wife and Lakşmaņa, like the sun entering a mass of clouds.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)