Chapter 72 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 72

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 72.27

क्व स पाणिः सुखस्पर्शस्तातस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः। यो हि मां रजसा ध्वस्तमभीक्ष्णं परिमार्जति॥

kva sa pāṇiḥ sukhasparśastātasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ| yo hi māṃ rajasā dhvastamabhīkṣṇaṃ parimārjati||

English Meaning

Where is now the soft hand of that energetic one which used to rub my person when it was covered with dust?

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)