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)