Chapter 20 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 20.39

अपश्यन्ती तव मुखं परिपूर्णशशिप्रभम्। कृपणा वर्तयिष्यामि कथं कृपणजीविका ॥

apaśyantī tava mukhaṃ paripūrṇaśaśiprabham| kṛpaṇā vartayiṣyāmi kathaṃ kṛpaṇajīvikā ||

English Meaning

How shall I, of miserable life, pass my days in grief not seeing your face, effulgent like to the full-moon.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)