Chapter 8 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 8.2

हर्ष किमर्थमस्थाने कृतवत्यसि बालिशे। शोकसागरमध्यस्थं नात्मानमबबुध्यसे॥

harṣa kimarthamasthāne kṛtavatyasi bāliśe| śokasāgaramadhyasthaṃ nātmānamababudhyase||

English Meaning

You senseless girl, wherefore do you display your joy on such an unfit occasion. You did not see that you are in the bosom of an ocean of grief. Being grieved at heart do I laugh at you inwardly.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)