Chapter 26 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 26.7

विवर्णवदनं दृष्ट्वा तं प्रस्विनममर्षणम्। आह दुःखाभिसंतप्ता किमिदानीमिदं प्रभो॥

vivarṇavadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ prasvinamamarṣaṇam| āha duḥkhābhisaṃtaptā kimidānīmidaṃ prabho||

English Meaning

Finding him with face pale and perspiring, and incapable of containing grief within, Sītā sore distressed with sorrow addressed him, saying, Oh my lord, why do I perceive such a change in you?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)