Chapter 71 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 71

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 71.21

सर्वथा कुशलं सूत दुर्लभं मम बन्धुषु। तथा ह्यसति सम्मोहे हृदयं सीदतीव मे॥

sarvathā kuśalaṃ sūta durlabhaṃ mama bandhuṣu| tathā hyasati sammohe hṛdayaṃ sīdatīva me||

English Meaning

O charioteer, complete good fortune with my friends is hardly to be realised. But although no apparent cause exists for my depression of spirits, yet my heart droopeth.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)