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)