Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.89

तया विहीनः कृपणः कथं लक्ष्मण धारये। या मामनुगता राज्याद् भ्रष्टं विहतचेतसम्॥

tayā vihīnaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ kathaṃ lakṣmaṇa dhāraye| yā māmanugatā rājyād bhraṣṭaṃ vihatacetasam||

English Meaning

How shall I keep up (my being) being poorly, O Lakşmaņa, being forsaken by that Sītā who followed me, deprived of kingdom and sense?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)