Chapter 23 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 23.27

इष्ट्वा संग्रामयज्ञेन रामप्रहरणाम्भसा। तस्मिन्नवभृथे स्नातः कथं पत्न्या मया विना ॥ या दत्ता देवराजेन तव तुष्टेन संयुगे। शातकौम्भीं प्रियां मालां तां ते पश्यामि नेह किम्।।२८

iṣṭvā saṃgrāmayajñena rāmapraharaṇāmbhasā| tasminnavabhṛthe snātaḥ kathaṃ patnyā mayā vinā || yā dattā devarājena tava tuṣṭena saṃyuge| śātakaumbhīṃ priyāṃ mālāṃ tāṃ te paśyāmi neha kim||28

English Meaning

How have you, without me, your wife, bathed in the water of Rāma's shafts, at the end of your battle-like sacrifice? Why do I not behold here that favourite golden garland of thine, which was conferred on you by the lord of celestials, pleased in a battle?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)