Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.30

मन्मथायाससम्भूतो वसन्तगुणवर्धितः॥ अयं मां धक्ष्यति क्षिप्रं शोकाग्निर्नचिरादिव।

manmathāyāsasambhūto vasantaguṇavardhitaḥ|| ayaṃ māṃ dhakṣyati kṣipraṃ śokāgnirnacirādiva|

English Meaning

Methinks, this fire of distress, originating from amorous trouble and enhanced by the influence of spring, shall soon burn me down.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)