Chapter 45 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 45.32

ततः सुमन्त्रोऽपि रथाद् विमुच्य श्रान्तान् हयान् सम्परिवर्त्य शीघ्रम्। नचारयद् वै तमसाविदूरे॥

tataḥ sumantro'pi rathād vimucya śrāntān hayān samparivartya śīghram| nacārayad vai tamasāvidūre||

English Meaning

Then Sumantra unyoked the fatigued horses from the car, which at once fell to rolling in the dust. And then bathing and making them drink, he soon as the dusk set in, set fare before them.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)