Chapter 5 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 5.11

केदारस्येव केदारः सोदकस्य निरूदकः। उपस्नेहेन जीवामि जीवन्तीं यच्छृणोमि ताम्॥

kedārasyeva kedāraḥ sodakasya nirūdakaḥ| upasnehena jīvāmi jīvantīṃ yacchṛṇomi tām||

English Meaning

Like to a dry land drawing water from a watered ground, I do live, hearing that Janaki still survives.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)