Chapter 10 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 10

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 10.9

दशर्वषसहस्रं तु निराहारो दशाननः। पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे तु शिरश्चाग्नौ जुहाव सः॥

daśarvaṣasahasraṃ tu nirāhāro daśānanaḥ| pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu śiraścāgnau juhāva saḥ||

English Meaning

The ten-necked passed ten thousand years without fare. On a thousand years being complete, he offered his own head as a sacrifice to Fire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)