Chapter 43 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 43.20

स्तनूजशोकप्रभवो महाहितः। महीमिमां रश्मिभिरुत्तमप्रभो यथानिदाघे भगवान् दिवाकरः॥

stanūjaśokaprabhavo mahāhitaḥ| mahīmimāṃ raśmibhiruttamaprabho yathānidāghe bhagavān divākaraḥ||

English Meaning

As in summer the divine Sun furnished with fierce rays burns this earth, even so this raging fire of grief of account of my son consumes me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)