Chapter 59 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 59.7

अहमस्मिन् गिरौ दुर्गे बहुयोजनमायते। चिरान्निपतितो वृद्धः क्षीणप्राणपराक्रमः॥ तं मामेवङ्गतं पुत्रः सुपार्यो नाम नामतः। आहारेण यथाकालं विभर्ति पततां वरः॥

ahamasmin girau durge bahuyojanamāyate| cirānnipatito vṛddhaḥ kṣīṇaprāṇaparākramaḥ|| taṃ māmevaṅgataṃ putraḥ supāryo nāma nāmataḥ| āhāreṇa yathākālaṃ vibharti patatāṃ varaḥ||

English Meaning

For a long time I lay here, old, and of feeble life and energy. that best of birds, my son named Supārswa, coming to me, at the proper hour maintained me with food.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)