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)