Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.50

स देव्या व्यवसायं च घोरं च शपथं कृतम्। ध्यात्वा रामेऽतिनिःश्वस्यच्छिन्नस्तरुरिवापतत्॥

sa devyā vyavasāyaṃ ca ghoraṃ ca śapathaṃ kṛtam| dhyātvā rāme'tiniḥśvasyacchinnastarurivāpatat||

English Meaning

Then recollecting that revered lady's resolve, and his own terrible oath, he, sighing forth, “O Rāma," dropped down like a felled tree.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)