Chapter 20 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 20.25

निक्षिप्तविजयो रामो गतश्रीर्वनगोचरः। व्रती स्थण्डिलशायी च शङ्के जीवति वा न वा॥

nikṣiptavijayo rāmo gataśrīrvanagocaraḥ| vratī sthaṇḍilaśāyī ca śaṅke jīvati vā na vā||

English Meaning

Rāma has ceased from his endeavours for gaining victory. He has lost all his beauty, lives in the forest, is engaged in observances and always lies down on earth. I fear whether he is living still.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)