Chapter 19 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 19.14

उपवासेन शोकेन ध्यानेन च भयेन च। परिक्षीणां कृशां दीनामल्पाहारां तपोधनाम्॥

upavāsena śokena dhyānena ca bhayena ca| parikṣīṇāṃ kṛśāṃ dīnāmalpāhārāṃ tapodhanām||

English Meaning

With fasts and grief, anxiety and fear, she was greatly weakened and reduced and gave up cating and took recourse to asceticism only.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)