Chapter 41 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 41

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 41.15

स तेषां राजपुत्राणां कर्तुकामो जलक्रियाम्। स जलार्थी महातेजा न चापश्यज्जलाशयम्॥

sa teṣāṃ rājaputrāṇāṃ kartukāmo jalakriyām| sa jalārthī mahātejā na cāpaśyajjalāśayam||

English Meaning

And desirous of offering oblations of water to those princes, that highly powerful one, in need of water, did not find any watery expanse in the neighbourhood.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)