Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.45

अथवा वर्तते तत्र वसन्तो यत्र मे प्रिया। किं करिष्यति सुश्रोणी सा तु निर्भर्त्सता परैः।॥

athavā vartate tatra vasanto yatra me priyā| kiṃ kariṣyati suśroṇī sā tu nirbhartsatā paraiḥ|||

English Meaning

If spring is there, what can it do her having a beautiful hip and loins, who has already been overpowered by a mighty enemy?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)