Chapter 23 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 23.16

शरेण हृदि लग्नेन गात्रसंस्पर्शने तव॥ वार्यामि त्वां निरीक्षन्ती त्वयि पञ्चत्वमागते।

śareṇa hṛdi lagnena gātrasaṃsparśane tava|| vāryāmi tvāṃ nirīkṣantī tvayi pañcatvamāgate|

English Meaning

Thyself departing to the land of the dead. I have been eyeing you simply, being prevented from touching your person by the shaft piercing your heart.* The meaning is:-Lest by my touching that shaft you feelest a greater pain.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)