Chapter 88 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 88

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 88.19

अद्यप्रभृति भूमौ तु शयिष्येऽहं तृणेषु वा। फलमूलाशनो नित्यं जटाचीराणि धारयन्॥

adyaprabhṛti bhūmau tu śayiṣye'haṃ tṛṇeṣu vā| phalamūlāśano nityaṃ jaṭācīrāṇi dhārayan||

English Meaning

From this day forth I will lie down on the ground, or on the grass, daily subsisting on fruits and roots, and bearing matted locks and a cloth of bark.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)