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)