Chapter 20 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 20.8

हृदयं सुस्थितं मह्यं दृष्ट्वा निपतितं भुवि। यन्न शोकाभिसंतप्तं स्फुटतेऽद्य सहस्रधा ॥

hṛdayaṃ susthitaṃ mahyaṃ dṛṣṭvā nipatitaṃ bhuvi| yanna śokābhisaṃtaptaṃ sphuṭate'dya sahasradhā ||

English Meaning

Forsooth, my heart is uncommon hard, since beholding you on the ground it has not been sundered into thousand pieces being overwhelmed with grief.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)