Chapter 59 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 59.3

दृष्ट्वैवाभ्यागतं त्वां मे मैथिली त्यज्य लक्ष्मण । शङ्कमानं महत् पापं यत्सत्यं व्यथितं मनः॥

dṛṣṭvaivābhyāgataṃ tvāṃ me maithilī tyajya lakṣmaṇa | śaṅkamānaṃ mahat pāpaṃ yatsatyaṃ vyathitaṃ manaḥ||

English Meaning

O Laksmana, directly I saw you approach, renouncing Maithilī, my mind, apprehending great wrong, became really aggrieved.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)