Chapter 9 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 9.12

अविचन्त्य तु तां वेला दारुणां पितृगौरवात्। उपसृत्याग्रतस्तस्य चरणाधोमुखी स्थिता ॥ विलिखन्ती मुहुभूमिमङ्गुष्ठाग्रेण भामिनी।

avicantya tu tāṃ velā dāruṇāṃ pitṛgauravāt| upasṛtyāgratastasya caraṇādhomukhī sthitā || vilikhantī muhubhūmimaṅguṣṭhāgreṇa bhāminī|

English Meaning

And without minding that terrific time, (Kaikasi), having regard to the dignity of her sire, coming up before him, stood (there) son hanging her head down towards his feet and throwing up the earth with her great foe.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)