Chapter 78 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 78

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 78.21

मया प्रतिगृहीते तु तस्मिन्नाभरणे शुभे। मानुषः पूर्वको देहो राजर्षेविननाश ह॥

mayā pratigṛhīte tu tasminnābharaṇe śubhe| mānuṣaḥ pūrvako deho rājarṣevinanāśa ha||

English Meaning

And as soon as I took this ornament that human body of the royal saint disappeared.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)