Chapter 60 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 60

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 60.21

तिष्ठ तिष्ठ वरारोहे न तेऽस्ति करुणा मयि। नात्यर्थं हास्यशीलासि किमर्थं मामुपेक्षसे॥

tiṣṭha tiṣṭha varārohe na te'sti karuṇā mayi| nātyarthaṃ hāsyaśīlāsi kimarthaṃ māmupekṣase||

English Meaning

Wait, wait, O you fair damsel, you have no compassion for me! Never had you mock me before in this way! Why do you neglect me now?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)