Chapter 21 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 21.3

शोच्या शोचसि कं शोच्यं दीनं दीनानुकम्पसे। कश्च कस्यानुशोच्योऽस्ति देहेऽस्मिन् बुदबुदोपमे॥

śocyā śocasi kaṃ śocyaṃ dīnaṃ dīnānukampase| kaśca kasyānuśocyo'sti dehe'smin budabudopame||

English Meaning

Why did you mourn for others, yourself being an object of mourning? Why did you feel commiseration for the poor, yourself being poorly? In this body like to a bubble who is there who mourneth for another?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)