Chapter 10 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 10

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 10.16

न तेऽहमभिजानामि क्रोधमात्मनि संश्रितम्। देवि केनाभियुक्तासि केन वासि विमानिता॥ यदिदं मम दुःखाय शेषे कल्याणि पांसुषु। भूमौ शेषे किमर्थं त्वं मयि कल्याणचेतसि ॥ भूतोपहतचित्तेव मम चित्तप्रमाथिनि।

na te'hamabhijānāmi krodhamātmani saṃśritam| devi kenābhiyuktāsi kena vāsi vimānitā|| yadidaṃ mama duḥkhāya śeṣe kalyāṇi pāṃsuṣu| bhūmau śeṣe kimarthaṃ tvaṃ mayi kalyāṇacetasi || bhūtopahatacitteva mama cittapramāthini|

English Meaning

I do not know why you have been angry with me. O noble lady, who has reprimanded you, or who has offended you, that, О auspicious one, in this guise you are lying down in dust enhancing my sorrow? And wherefore are you down on the ground, I, who seek your welfare, being yet alive? O you that afflicts my heart, are like one under the influence of a malignant spirit.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)