Chapter 20 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 20.24

तथा तु तारा करुणं रुदन्ती भर्तुः समीपे सह वानरीभिः। व्यवस्यत प्रायमनिन्द्यवर्णा उपोपवेष्टं भुवि यत्र वाली॥

tathā tu tārā karuṇaṃ rudantī bhartuḥ samīpe saha vānarībhiḥ| vyavasyata prāyamanindyavarṇā upopaveṣṭaṃ bhuvi yatra vālī||

English Meaning

O hero, I touch your feet with my head. Bewailing thus piteously with other sbemonkeys, Tārā, having a blameless countenance, stationing herself where Vāli was, resolved to put an end to her being by fastings.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)