Chapter 48 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 48.4

किं नु तेषां गृहै: कार्यं किं दारैः किं धनेन वा। पुत्रैर्वापि सुखैर्वापि ये न पश्यन्ति राघवम्॥

kiṃ nu teṣāṃ gṛhai: kāryaṃ kiṃ dāraiḥ kiṃ dhanena vā| putrairvāpi sukhairvāpi ye na paśyanti rāghavam||

English Meaning

Of what use are their houses, and wives, and wealth, and sons, and comforts, to those who see not Rāghava (in their midst?)

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)