Chapter 62 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 62

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 62.1

तथोक्ते तानृषीरामः प्रत्युवाच कृताञ्जलिः। किमाहारः किमाचारो लवणः क्व च वर्तते॥

tathokte tānṛṣīrāmaḥ pratyuvāca kṛtāñjaliḥ| kimāhāraḥ kimācāro lavaṇaḥ kva ca vartate||

English Meaning

Thus accosted (by the sages), Rāma answered them with joined hands: "What does he live on? What are his ways? And where does Lavana live?"

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)