Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.11

परा भवति मे प्रीतिदृष्ट्वा तनयमग्रजम् ॥ अपश्यतस्तु मे रामं नष्टं भवति चेतनम्।

parā bhavati me prītidṛṣṭvā tanayamagrajam || apaśyatastu me rāmaṃ naṣṭaṃ bhavati cetanam|

English Meaning

I experience supreme delight on beholding my first-born and when I see him not, I lose my senses.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)