Chapter 54 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 54.1

कामधेनुं वसिष्ठोऽपि यदा न त्यजते मुनिः। तदास्य शबलां राम विश्वामित्रोऽन्वकर्षत॥

kāmadhenuṃ vasiṣṭho'pi yadā na tyajate muniḥ| tadāsya śabalāṃ rāma viśvāmitro'nvakarṣata||

English Meaning

When the ascetic Vasiștha would not part with the cow of plenty then Viśvāmitra, O Rāma, forced Śabala away.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)