Chapter 20 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 20.14

वैधव्यं शोकसंतापं कृपणाकृपणा सती। अदुःखोपचिता पूर्वं वर्तयिष्याम्यनाथवत्॥

vaidhavyaṃ śokasaṃtāpaṃ kṛpaṇākṛpaṇā satī| aduḥkhopacitā pūrvaṃ vartayiṣyāmyanāthavat||

English Meaning

Unused to miseries before how shall I, being an object commiseration, put up like one helpless, with my widow-hood and grief.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)