Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.20

अयं वसन्तः सौमित्रे नानाविहगनादितः। सीतया विप्रहीणस्य शोकसंदीपनो मम॥

ayaṃ vasantaḥ saumitre nānāvihaganāditaḥ| sītayā viprahīṇasya śokasaṃdīpano mama||

English Meaning

This spring, O Saumitri, sounded by the musical notes of the birds of different spacies has been kindling my grief who am without Sītā.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)