Chapter 66 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 66

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 66.17

बुद्धिश्च ते महाप्राज्ञ देवैरपि दुरन्वया। शोकेनाभिप्रसुप्तं ते ज्ञानं सम्बोधयाम्यहम्॥

buddhiśca te mahāprājña devairapi duranvayā| śokenābhiprasuptaṃ te jñānaṃ sambodhayāmyaham||

English Meaning

O you of great intellect, even the celestials cannot measure your mental acumen. Greatly benumbed is your wisdom with the slumber of grief, and I am to rouse it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)