Chapter 58 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 58.12

सशरीरो दिवं यायामिति मे सौम्यदर्शन॥ मया चेष्टं क्रतुशतं तच्च नावाप्यते फलम्।

saśarīro divaṃ yāyāmiti me saumyadarśana|| mayā ceṣṭaṃ kratuśataṃ tacca nāvāpyate phalam|

English Meaning

O you of placid presence, I had desired to repair to heaven in body. By me have an hundred sacrifices been performed, but yet do I not obtain the fruit thereof.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)