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)