Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.50

सदा सुखमहं मन्ये यं पुरा सह सीतया। मारुतः स बिना सीतां शोकसंजननो मम।।५४

sadā sukhamahaṃ manye yaṃ purā saha sītayā| mārutaḥ sa binā sītāṃ śokasaṃjanano mama||54

English Meaning

That breeze appears painful to me in Sītā's absence which ere this, had been regarded by me as a source of pleasure in her company.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)