Chapter 40 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 40.46

न्यवर्तत जनो राज्ञो रामं कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणम्। मनसाप्याशुवेगेन न न्यवर्तत मानुषम्॥

nyavartata jano rājño rāmaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇam| manasāpyāśuvegena na nyavartata mānuṣam||

English Meaning

The retainers of the king stopped after circumambulating Rāma, but their minds did not turn back. But the others did not return either bodily or mentally.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)