Chapter 85 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 85

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 85.17

अन्तर्दाहेन दहनः संतापयति राघवम्। वनदाहाग्निसंतप्त गूढोऽग्निरिव पादपम्॥

antardāhena dahanaḥ saṃtāpayati rāghavam| vanadāhāgnisaṃtapta gūḍho'gniriva pādapam||

English Meaning

Then even as a tree already heated by a forestfire burns with a fire hidden in its cavity that descendant of Raghu began to burn with the fire of grief inflamed in his heart.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)