Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.84

अस्मिन् सानुनि रम्ये हि मत्तद्विजगणाकुले। पश्येयं यदि तां कान्तां ततः स्वस्ति भवेन्मम ॥

asmin sānuni ramye hi mattadvijagaṇākule| paśyeyaṃ yadi tāṃ kāntāṃ tataḥ svasti bhavenmama ||

English Meaning

These deer ranging hither and thither have been distressing my soul. It is then only that I shall attain to mental quietude if I can behold Sītā on this charming mountainous expanse filled with birds and deer.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)