Chapter 59 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 59.9

स कदाचित् क्षुधार्तस्य ममाहाराभिकाङ्क्षिणः। गतसूर्येऽहनि प्राप्तो मम पुत्रो ह्यनामिषः॥

sa kadācit kṣudhārtasya mamāhārābhikāṅkṣiṇaḥ| gatasūrye'hani prāpto mama putro hyanāmiṣaḥ||

English Meaning

Once on a time my son, going forth about sunrise to procure food for me who was suffering from hunger and (accordingly) eager for it, came back in the evening without any flesh. are

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)