Chapter 58 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 58.30

ततोऽहं विपुलं रूपं संक्षिप्य निमिषान्तरात्। तस्या हृदयमादाय प्रपतामि नभःस्थलम्॥

tato'haṃ vipulaṃ rūpaṃ saṃkṣipya nimiṣāntarāt| tasyā hṛdayamādāya prapatāmi nabhaḥsthalam||

English Meaning

Then in the twinkling of an eye contracting my vasty shape, I, extracting her heart, darted into the sky.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)