Chapter 28 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 28.12

अहोरात्रं च संतोषः कर्तव्यो नियतात्मना। फलैर्वृक्षावपतितैः सीते दुःखमतो वनम्॥

ahorātraṃ ca saṃtoṣaḥ kartavyo niyatātmanā| phalairvṛkṣāvapatitaiḥ sīte duḥkhamato vanam||

English Meaning

With the (supply of) fruits that have fallen from the trees man of self discipline must content himself morning and evening; so the wood, O Sītă, is full of misery.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)