Chapter 4 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 4.25

तयोत्सृष्टः स तु शिशुः शरदर्कसमद्युतिः। निधायास्ये स्वयं मुष्टिं रुरोद शनकैस्तदा॥

tayotsṛṣṭaḥ sa tu śiśuḥ śaradarkasamadyutiḥ| nidhāyāsye svayaṃ muṣṭiṃ ruroda śanakaistadā||

English Meaning

And forsaken by them both, the infant furnished with the brightness of the autumnal sun, entering his clenched fist into his mouth, began to cry slowly.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)