Chapter 56 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 56.4

तौ परस्परशापेन देहमुत्सृज्य धार्मिकौ। अभूतां नृपविप्रर्षी वायुभूतौ तपोधनौ॥

tau parasparaśāpena dehamutsṛjya dhārmikau| abhūtāṃ nṛpaviprarṣī vāyubhūtau tapodhanau||

English Meaning

Having renounced their persons both Nimi and the pious Vasiştha, having asceticism for their wealth, were metamorphosed into air.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)