Chapter 35 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 35.47

प्रचारं स तु संगृह्य प्रजास्वन्तर्गतः प्रभुः। गुहां प्रविष्टः स्वसुतं शिशुमादाय मारुतः।॥ विण्मूत्राशयमावृत्य प्रजानां परमार्तिकृत्। रुरोध सर्वभूतानि यथा वर्षाणि वासवः॥

pracāraṃ sa tu saṃgṛhya prajāsvantargataḥ prabhuḥ| guhāṃ praviṣṭaḥ svasutaṃ śiśumādāya mārutaḥ||| viṇmūtrāśayamāvṛtya prajānāṃ paramārtikṛt| rurodha sarvabhūtāni yathā varṣāṇi vāsavaḥ||

English Meaning

The all-comprehending wind, not spreading himself, entered into a cave with his son. Like to Väsava distressing all creatures by putting a stop to the showers, the wind too put all animals into unbearable suffering by obstructing all execrations.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)