Chapter 20 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 20.8

एकवेणी अधःशय्या ध्यानं मलिनमम्बरम्। अस्थानेऽप्युपवासश्च नैतान्यौपयिकानि ते॥

ekaveṇī adhaḥśayyā dhyānaṃ malinamambaram| asthāne'pyupavāsaśca naitānyaupayikāni te||

English Meaning

A single lock of hair, to lie down on earth and useless fast-these do not become you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)