Chapter 62 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 62

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 62.2

पश्यन्निव च तां सीतामपश्यन्मन्मन्थार्दितः। उवाच राघवो वाक्यं विलापाश्रयदुर्वचम्॥

paśyanniva ca tāṃ sītāmapaśyanmanmanthārditaḥ| uvāca rāghavo vākyaṃ vilāpāśrayadurvacam||

English Meaning

Pierced with the shafts of Manmatha, Rāghava, as if beholding Sītā though he actually did not see her, uttered the following piteous accents

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)