Chapter 88 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 88

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 88.16

अकर्णधारा पृथिवी शून्येव प्रतिभाति मे। गते दशरथे स्वर्गं रामे चारण्यमाश्रिते॥

akarṇadhārā pṛthivī śūnyeva pratibhāti me| gate daśarathe svargaṃ rāme cāraṇyamāśrite||

English Meaning

The Earth without her helmsman seems to me quite empty, on Dasaratha having ascended the celestial regions and Rāma taken refuge in the wilderness.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)