Chapter 83 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 83

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 83.8

मेघश्याम महाबाहुं स्थिरसत्त्वं दृढव्रतम्। कदा द्रक्ष्यामहे रामं जगतः शोकनाशनम्॥

meghaśyāma mahābāhuṃ sthirasattvaṃ dṛḍhavratam| kadā drakṣyāmahe rāmaṃ jagataḥ śokanāśanam||

English Meaning

They with glad hearts variously conversed with each other, “When shall we see the mighty armed Rāma sable like to a cloud, of steady strength, firm in vows, the remover of the world's grief?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)