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)