Chapter 13 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 13.14

अहं तु हिमवत्पृष्ठं गतो धर्ममुपासितुम्। रौद्रं व्रतं समास्थाय नियतो नियतेन्द्रियः॥

ahaṃ tu himavatpṛṣṭhaṃ gato dharmamupāsitum| raudraṃ vrataṃ samāsthāya niyato niyatendriyaḥ||

English Meaning

Self-restrained and controlling my senses, I, adopting a terrific vow, had gone to the breast to the Himavān for practising righteousness.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)