Chapter 42 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 42.3

न पश्यति रजोऽप्यस्य यदा रामस्य भूमिपः। तदार्तश्च निषण्णश्च पपात धरणीतले॥

na paśyati rajo'pyasya yadā rāmasya bhūmipaḥ| tadārtaśca niṣaṇṇaśca papāta dharaṇītale||

English Meaning

When the ruler of earth could no longer perceive even the dust raised by Rāma's car, then pierced with sorrow, and in heaviness of heart, he fell down to the ground.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)