Chapter 58 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 58.3

क्व नु वत्स्यति धर्मात्मा वृक्षमूलमुपाश्रितः। सोऽत्यन्तसुखितः सूत किमशिष्यति राघवः॥

kva nu vatsyati dharmātmā vṛkṣamūlamupāśritaḥ| so'tyantasukhitaḥ sūta kimaśiṣyati rāghavaḥ||

English Meaning

Where stays that righteous one, taking refuge under a tree? lapped in luxury, what, O charioteer, will Rāghava feed on?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)