Chapter 42 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 42.12

ऊर्ध्वबाहुः पञ्चतपा मासाहारो जितेन्द्रियः। तस्य वर्षसहस्राणि घोरे तपसि तिष्ठतः॥ अतीतानि महाबाहो तस्य राज्ञो महात्मनः।

ūrdhvabāhuḥ pañcatapā māsāhāro jitendriyaḥ| tasya varṣasahasrāṇi ghore tapasi tiṣṭhataḥ|| atītāni mahābāho tasya rājño mahātmanaḥ|

English Meaning

And, O Raghu's descendant, restraining his senses, and eating once a month, and surrounding himself with five fires, and with arms upraised, he for a long lapse of time performed austerities at Gokarna. And as he was performing his terrible austerities, a thousand years rolled away.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)