Chapter 34 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 34.44

येन संस्तम्भनीयोऽयं सर्वो वाष्पकलो जनः। स त्वं पुरुषशार्दूल किमर्थं विक्रियां गतः॥

yena saṃstambhanīyo'yaṃ sarvo vāṣpakalo janaḥ| sa tvaṃ puruṣaśārdūla kimarthaṃ vikriyāṃ gataḥ||

English Meaning

Why do you, O foremost of men, who will suppress other's grief, undergo this alteration?

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)