Chapter 30 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 30.8

सरांसि सरितो वापीः काननानि वनानि च। तां विना मृगशावाक्षीं चरनाद्य सुखं लभे॥

sarāṃsi sarito vāpīḥ kānanāni vanāni ca| tāṃ vinā mṛgaśāvākṣīṃ caranādya sukhaṃ labhe||

English Meaning

Without her having the eyes of a fawn, I do not attain to felicity to-day, ranging at large by ponds, streams, pools and in forests and woods.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)