Chapter 86 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 86

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 86.8

कथं दाशरथौ भूमौ शयाने सह सीतया। शक्या निद्रा मया लब्धं जीवितानि सुखानि वा॥

kathaṃ dāśarathau bhūmau śayāne saha sītayā| śakyā nidrā mayā labdhaṃ jīvitāni sukhāni vā||

English Meaning

How, Dasaratha's son sleeping on the earth with Sītā, can I attain sleep, or life, or happiness?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)