Chapter 19 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 19.17

पुत्रेण मम किं कार्य राज्येनापि किमात्मना। कपिसिंहे महाभागे तस्मिन् भर्तरि नश्यति ॥

putreṇa mama kiṃ kārya rājyenāpi kimātmanā| kapisiṃhe mahābhāge tasmin bhartari naśyati ||

English Meaning

That great lord of monkeys, my husband, being dead, what shall I do with my son, my kingdom and myself?

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)