Chapter 63 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 63.35

सशल्यः क्लिश्यते प्राणैर्विशल्यो विनशिष्यति।४६।। इति मामविशच्चिन्ता तस्य शल्यापकर्षणे। दुःखितस्य च दीनस्य मम शोकातुरस्य च॥ लक्षयामास स ऋषिश्चिन्तां मुनिसुतस्तदा।

saśalyaḥ kliśyate prāṇairviśalyo vinaśiṣyati|46|| iti māmaviśaccintā tasya śalyāpakarṣaṇe| duḥkhitasya ca dīnasya mama śokāturasya ca|| lakṣayāmāsa sa ṛṣiścintāṃ munisutastadā|

English Meaning

But touching the extracting of the arrow, this thought perplexed me: 'If the arrow is left alone, it pains; if extracted, death ensues.' As I was distressed, aggrieved an afflicted with sorrow, the son of the ascetic perceived my anxiety.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)