Chapter 63 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 63.6

सर्वं तु दुःखं मम लक्ष्मणेदं शान्तं शरीरे वनमेत्य क्लेशम्। सीतावियोगात् पुनरप्युदीर्णं काष्ठरिवाग्निः सहसोपदीप्तः॥

sarvaṃ tu duḥkhaṃ mama lakṣmaṇedaṃ śāntaṃ śarīre vanametya kleśam| sītāviyogāt punarapyudīrṇaṃ kāṣṭharivāgniḥ sahasopadīptaḥ||

English Meaning

Repairing to woods, O Laksmana, in Sita's company my grief was assuaged, nay I did not suffer physical affliction even. Without Sītā these sorrows have grown anew like to fire flaming again by means of fuel.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)