Chapter 30 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 30.4

किं हि कृत्वा विषण्णस्त्वं कुतो वा भयमस्ति ते। यत् परित्यक्तुकामस्त्वं मामनन्यपरायणाम्॥

kiṃ hi kṛtvā viṣaṇṇastvaṃ kuto vā bhayamasti te| yat parityaktukāmastvaṃ māmananyaparāyaṇām||

English Meaning

Why are you so dejected and whence is your fear that you are willing to leave behind your wife who has none else but you?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)