Chapter 63 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 63.22

कथमस्मद्विधे शस्त्रं निपतेच्च तपस्विनी। प्रविविक्तां नदी रात्रावुदाहारोऽहमागतः॥

kathamasmadvidhe śastraṃ nipatecca tapasvinī| praviviktāṃ nadī rātrāvudāhāro'hamāgataḥ||

English Meaning

Why does the weapon light upon me? I had come to this lone stream for procuring water.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)