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)