Chapter 18 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 18.42

स ममादर्शनाद् दीनो बाल्यात् प्रभृति लालितः। तटाक इव पीताम्बुरुपशोषं गमिष्यति ॥

sa mamādarśanād dīno bālyāt prabhṛti lālitaḥ| taṭāka iva pītāmburupaśoṣaṃ gamiṣyati ||

English Meaning

Brought up by me from his very infancy, he shall by my separation, wear away like to a pond having its liquid contents drunk up by an elephant.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)