Chapter 63 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 63.30

एकेन खलु न नूनं तपसो वास्ति फलयोगः श्रुतस्य वा॥ पिता यन्मां न जानीते शयानं पतितं भुवि।

ekena khalu na nūnaṃ tapaso vāsti phalayogaḥ śrutasya vā|| pitā yanmāṃ na jānīte śayānaṃ patitaṃ bhuvi|

English Meaning

Surely asceticism and study carry no fruit with them, since I lying low on the ground, my father knows nothing about it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)