Chapter 42 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 42.1

यावत् तु निर्यतस्तस्य रजोरूपमदृश्यत। नैवेक्ष्वाकुवरस्तावत् संजहारात्मचक्षुषी॥

yāvat tu niryatastasya rajorūpamadṛśyata| naivekṣvākuvarastāvat saṃjahārātmacakṣuṣī||

English Meaning

So long as he could see the dust raised by the car of Rāma setting out for the forest, so long that best of the Ikşvāku race did not turn his eyes from that direction.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)