Chapter 85 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 85

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 85.20

विनिःश्वसन् वै भृशदुर्मनास्ततः प्रमूढसंज्ञः परमापदं गतः। शमं न लेभे हृदयज्वरार्दितो नरर्षभो यूथहतो यथर्षभः॥

viniḥśvasan vai bhṛśadurmanāstataḥ pramūḍhasaṃjñaḥ paramāpadaṃ gataḥ| śamaṃ na lebhe hṛdayajvarārdito nararṣabho yūthahato yatharṣabhaḥ||

English Meaning

And sighing heavily with a heart oppressed with sorrow, well nigh deprived of consciousness, and involved in high peril, that best of men, oppressed by the fever of his heart, like to a mighty leader of a herd, separated from it, did not attain peace of mind.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)