Chapter 60 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 60

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 60.20

किं धावसि प्रिये नूनं दृष्टासि कमलेक्षणे। वृक्षराच्छाद्य चात्मानं किं मां न प्रतिभाषसे॥

kiṃ dhāvasi priye nūnaṃ dṛṣṭāsi kamalekṣaṇe| vṛkṣarācchādya cātmānaṃ kiṃ māṃ na pratibhāṣase||

English Meaning

O dear! O you having eyes like to lotuses! why do you fly away? Surely have I seen you. Why do you not address me hiding yourself behind the tree?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)