Chapter 23 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 23.14

रेणुशोणितसंवीतं गात्रं तव समन्ततः॥ परिरब्धुं न शक्नोमि भुजाभ्यां प्लवगर्षभ।

reṇuśoṇitasaṃvītaṃ gātraṃ tava samantataḥ|| parirabdhuṃ na śaknomi bhujābhyāṃ plavagarṣabha|

English Meaning

Your body is on all sides besmeared with blood and dust and I am incapable of embracing you with my arms, O best of monkeys.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)