Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.28

नहि तां सूक्ष्मपक्ष्माक्षीं सुकेशी मृदुभाषिणीम्॥ अपश्यतो मे सौमित्रे जीवितेऽस्ति प्रयोजनम्।

nahi tāṃ sūkṣmapakṣmākṣīṃ sukeśī mṛdubhāṣiṇīm|| apaśyato me saumitre jīvite'sti prayojanam|

English Meaning

O Saumitri, of what avail is this life to me, lot beholding Sītā of sweet accents, having eyes with their eye-lashes, and a head of curly hair.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)