Chapter 20 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 20.4

अतीव खलु ते कान्ता वसुधा वसुधाधिप। गतासुरपि तां गात्रैर्मा विहाय निषेवसे॥

atīva khalu te kāntā vasudhā vasudhādhipa| gatāsurapi tāṃ gātrairmā vihāya niṣevase||

English Meaning

O lord of earth, indeed earth is your favourite wife; since renouncing me, you, though dead, are serving her with your body.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)