Chapter 27 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 27

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 27.23

तत्समुत्थेन शोकेन वाष्पोपहतचेतनम्॥ तं शोचमानं काकुत्स्थं नित्यं शोकपरायणम्। तुल्यदुःखोऽब्रवीद् भ्राता लक्ष्मणोऽनुनयं वचः॥

tatsamutthena śokena vāṣpopahatacetanam|| taṃ śocamānaṃ kākutsthaṃ nityaṃ śokaparāyaṇam| tulyaduḥkho'bravīd bhrātā lakṣmaṇo'nunayaṃ vacaḥ||

English Meaning

His younger brother Laksmana, equally aggrieved, spoke to Kākutstha, thus bewailing being exercised with grief and almost beside himself with sorrow, consequent upon Sita's bereavement, saying.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)