Chapter 61 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 61

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 61.7

विवशं शोकसंतप्तं दीनं भग्नमनोरथम्॥ मामिहोत्सृज्य करुणं कीर्तिनरमिवानृजुम्। क्व गच्छसि वरारोहे मा मोत्सृज सुमध्यमे॥

vivaśaṃ śokasaṃtaptaṃ dīnaṃ bhagnamanoratham|| māmihotsṛjya karuṇaṃ kīrtinaramivānṛjum| kva gacchasi varārohe mā motsṛja sumadhyame||

English Meaning

All my desires have now been baffled and I have lost all control over myself and have been exercised with grief. O fine damsel, O you of slender waist, where do you repair leaving me behind like to fame renouncing a person of vicious nature?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)