Chapter 13 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 13.10

सुखानामुचितस्यैव दुःखैरनुचितस्य च। दुःखं नामानुपश्येयं कथं रामस्य धीमतः॥

sukhānāmucitasyaiva duḥkhairanucitasya ca| duḥkhaṃ nāmānupaśyeyaṃ kathaṃ rāmasya dhīmataḥ||

English Meaning

How shall I behold the intelligent Rāma in evil plight, who has never known suffering, and has always enjoyed felicity?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)