Chapter 41 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 41

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 41.9

नाग्निहोत्राण्यहूयन्त सूर्यश्चान्तरधीयत।। व्यसृजन् कवलान् नागा गावो वत्सान्न पाययन्॥

nāgnihotrāṇyahūyanta sūryaścāntaradhīyata|| vyasṛjan kavalān nāgā gāvo vatsānna pāyayan||

English Meaning

And oblations to the fire had not been offered; and the Sun set; and elephants forsook their forage; and the kine did not suckle their calves.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)