Chapter 69 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 69.8

प्लवमानश्च मे दृष्टः स तस्मिन् गोमये हृदे। पिबन्नञ्जलिना तैलं हसन्निव मुहुर्मुहुः॥

plavamānaśca me dṛṣṭaḥ sa tasmin gomaye hṛde| pibannañjalinā tailaṃ hasanniva muhurmuhuḥ||

English Meaning

And I saw him floating on a sink of cowdung, and yet with a momentary laugh drinking oil by means of his joined hands.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)