Chapter 28 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 28.58

अहं तु हृतदारश्च राज्याच्च महतश्च्युतः। नदीकूलमिव क्लिन्नमवसीदामि लक्ष्मण॥

ahaṃ tu hṛtadāraśca rājyācca mahataścyutaḥ| nadīkūlamiva klinnamavasīdāmi lakṣmaṇa||

English Meaning

And I am, O Laksmana, waning every day like to the banks of a river, being separated from my spouse and deprived of my vast kingdom.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)