Chapter 61 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 61

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 61.8

त्वया विरहितश्चाहं त्यक्ष्ये जीवितमात्मनः। इतीव विलपन् रामः सीतादर्शनलालसः॥ न ददर्श सुदुःखार्तो राघवो जनकात्मजाम्।

tvayā virahitaścāhaṃ tyakṣye jīvitamātmanaḥ| itīva vilapan rāmaḥ sītādarśanalālasaḥ|| na dadarśa suduḥkhārto rāghavo janakātmajām|

English Meaning

Without you I shall renounce my own life. Being desirous of seeing Sītā, Rāma afflicted with grief began to bewail in this strain, but did not behold the daughter of Janaka.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)