Chapter 58 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 58.8

तं दृष्ट्वा मन्त्रिणः सर्वे त्यज्य चण्डालरूपिणम्॥ प्राद्रवन् सहिता राम पौरा येऽस्यानुगामिनः। एको हि राजा काकुत्स्थ जगाम परमात्मवान् ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā mantriṇaḥ sarve tyajya caṇḍālarūpiṇam|| prādravan sahitā rāma paurā ye'syānugāminaḥ| eko hi rājā kākutstha jagāma paramātmavān ||

English Meaning

And, O Rāma, beholding him in the guise of a Chandala, his counsellors as well as followers, renouncing him, fled in a body. And, O Kākutstha, maintaining himself in patience, the monarch burning day and night, all alone went to the ascetic Viśvāmitra.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)