Chapter 45 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 45.3

शलभा इव संछाद्य मेदिनी सम्प्रतिस्थरे। रामः प्रस्रवणे तस्मिन् न्यवसत् सहलक्ष्मणः॥ प्रतीक्षमाणस्तं मासं सीताधिगमने कृतः।

śalabhā iva saṃchādya medinī sampratisthare| rāmaḥ prasravaṇe tasmin nyavasat sahalakṣmaṇaḥ|| pratīkṣamāṇastaṃ māsaṃ sītādhigamane kṛtaḥ|

English Meaning

Expecting tidings of Sītä, Rāma remained that month in the vicinity of that cascade, in company with Lakşmaņa.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)