Chapter 80 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 80

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 80.8

निर्जलेषु च देशेषु खानयामासुरुत्तमान्। उदपानान् बहुविधान् वेदिकापरिमण्डितान्॥

nirjaleṣu ca deśeṣu khānayāmāsuruttamān| udapānān bahuvidhān vedikāparimaṇḍitān||

English Meaning

And in tracts void of water, they digged divers receptacles of water, decorated with daises.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)