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)