Chapter 61 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 61

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 61.3

कथं नरवर श्रेष्ठ पुत्रौ तौ सह सीतया। दुःखितौ सुखसंवृद्धौ वने दुःखं सहिष्यतः॥

kathaṃ naravara śreṣṭha putrau tau saha sītayā| duḥkhitau sukhasaṃvṛddhau vane duḥkhaṃ sahiṣyataḥ||

English Meaning

Why then have you forsaken those foremost of men along with Sītā? Brought up in happiness, and now brought to misery, how can they bear it?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)