Chapter 61 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 61

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 61.4

सा नूनं तरुणी श्यामा सुकुमारी सुखोचिता। कथमुष्णं च शीतं च मैथिली विसहिष्यते॥

sā nūnaṃ taruṇī śyāmā sukumārī sukhocitā| kathamuṣṇaṃ ca śītaṃ ca maithilī visahiṣyate||

English Meaning

How can the youthful daughter of Mithilā of slender make, tender, and deserving of happiness, bear heat and cold?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)