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)