Chapter 20 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 20.41

स्थिरं नु हृदयं मन्ये ममेदं यन्न दीर्यते। प्रावृषीव महानद्याः स्पृष्टं कूलं नवाम्भसा ॥

sthiraṃ nu hṛdayaṃ manye mamedaṃ yanna dīryate| prāvṛṣīva mahānadyāḥ spṛṣṭaṃ kūlaṃ navāmbhasā ||

English Meaning

Surely, I consider my heart is very hard, as it does not rend like to the bank of a great river in contact with new water in the rainy season.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)