Chapter 27 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 27

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 27.21

सुसुखे हि बहुद्रव्ये तस्मिन् हि धरणीधरे। वसतस्तस्य रामस्य रतिरल्पापि नाभवत्॥ हृतां हि भार्यां स्मरतः प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयसीम्।

susukhe hi bahudravye tasmin hi dharaṇīdhare| vasatastasya rāmasya ratiralpāpi nābhavat|| hṛtāṃ hi bhāryāṃ smarataḥ prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasīm|

English Meaning

He did not attain to a best felicity although he lived in that pleasant hill filled with many things.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)