Chapter 11 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 11.6

असकृत्तद्भयाद्भग्नाः परित्यज्य स्वमालयम्। विदूताः सहिताः सर्वे प्रविष्टाः स्म रसातलम् ॥

asakṛttadbhayādbhagnāḥ parityajya svamālayam| vidūtāḥ sahitāḥ sarve praviṣṭāḥ sma rasātalam ||

English Meaning

Full many a time, brought down by that fear, we, on being pursued (by our enemies), forsaking our homes, had gone to the nether regions along with all those (related to us).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)