Chapter 4 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 4.45

नैर्ऋतं नैर्ऋतानां च नक्षत्रमतिपीड्यते। मूलो मूलवता स्पृष्टो धूप्यते धूमकेतुना॥

nairṛtaṃ nairṛtānāṃ ca nakṣatramatipīḍyate| mūlo mūlavatā spṛṣṭo dhūpyate dhūmaketunā||

English Meaning

Nairta, the radical star of the Nairtas, is sore afflicted and, touched by the rod-bearing Dhumaketu is in trouble.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)