Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.61

अहो कामस्य वामत्वं यो गतामपि दुर्लभाम्। स्मारयिष्यति कल्याणी कल्याणतरवादिनीम्॥

aho kāmasya vāmatvaṃ yo gatāmapi durlabhām| smārayiṣyati kalyāṇī kalyāṇataravādinīm||

English Meaning

O how wily is the course of Kāma who has been presenting to my mind that auspicious one, hard to attain and of sweet-accents!

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)