Chapter 67 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 67

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 67.18

एकमेकायने कृच्छ्रे नि:श्वसन्तं मुहुर्मुहुः। समीक्ष्य दुःखितो रामः सौमित्रिमिदमब्रवीत्॥

ekamekāyane kṛcchre ni:śvasantaṃ muhurmuhuḥ| samīkṣya duḥkhito rāmaḥ saumitrimidamabravīt||

English Meaning

And beholding Jațāyu, sigh again and again and breathing with difficulty in a helpless plight, Rāma, highly aggrieved, spoke to Lakşmaņa.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)