Chapter 1 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 1.153

ततः शरीरं संक्षिप्य तन्महीधरसंनिभम्। पुनः प्रकृतिमापेदे वीतमोह इवात्मवान्॥

tataḥ śarīraṃ saṃkṣipya tanmahīdharasaṃnibham| punaḥ prakṛtimāpede vītamoha ivātmavān||

English Meaning

Thus thought that magnanimous one. Thereat diminishing that person of his resembling a mountain, that self-possessed one, purged on ignorance, resumed his natural shape.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)