Chapter 48 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 48.15

को न्वनेनाप्रतीतेन सोत्कण्ठितजनेन च। सम्प्रीयेतामनोज्ञेन वासेन हृतचेतसा॥

ko nvanenāpratītena sotkaṇṭhitajanena ca| samprīyetāmanojñena vāsena hṛtacetasā||

English Meaning

Who will take pleasure in residing in a dwelling where the heart dies within itself, which is devoid of delight, where the people are always agitated with anxiety and which is exceedingly disagreeable?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)