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)