Chapter 54 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 54.8

यत्राहं संक्षयिष्यामि शापं ब्राह्मणनिःसृतम्। वर्षघ्नमेकं श्वभ्रं तु हिमघ्नमपरं तथा॥ ग्रीष्मघ्नं तु सुखस्पर्शमेकं कुर्वन्तु शिल्पिनः।

yatrāhaṃ saṃkṣayiṣyāmi śāpaṃ brāhmaṇaniḥsṛtam| varṣaghnamekaṃ śvabhraṃ tu himaghnamaparaṃ tathā|| grīṣmaghnaṃ tu sukhasparśamekaṃ kurvantu śilpinaḥ|

English Meaning

Living therein I shall waste the curse of the Brāhmaṇas. Let the architects dog one den to protect me against the rains, one against the affliction of the winter and one against the distresses of summer.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)