Chapter 68 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 68

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 68.22

सीताहरणजं दुःखं न मे सौम्य तथागतम्। यथा विनाशो गृध्रस्य मत्कृते च परंतप ॥

sītāharaṇajaṃ duḥkhaṃ na me saumya tathāgatam| yathā vināśo gṛdhrasya matkṛte ca paraṃtapa ||

English Meaning

I do not feel so much affliction, O hero, for Sītā's ravishment as I do for this vulture, who has been killed for me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)