Chapter 24 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 24.18

इह भूम्यां मलं दत्त्वा देवाः कारूषमेव च॥ शरीरजं महेन्द्रस्य ततो हर्ष प्रपेदिरे।

iha bhūmyāṃ malaṃ dattvā devāḥ kārūṣameva ca|| śarīrajaṃ mahendrasya tato harṣa prapedire|

English Meaning

And the deities, having renounced here the filth that had clung to the person of the mighty Indra, as well as his hunger, attained exceeding delight.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)