Chapter 2 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 2.11

परस्पर्शात् तु वैदेह्या न दुःखतरमस्ति मे। पितुर्विनाशात् सौमित्रे स्वराज्यहरणात् तथा॥

parasparśāt tu vaidehyā na duḥkhataramasti me| piturvināśāt saumitre svarājyaharaṇāt tathā||

English Meaning

O Sumitra's son, nothing can impart to me greater anguish than the touching of Vaidehi by another, which surpasses my father's demise and my having been deprived of the kingdom.”'

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)