Chapter 31 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 31.1

स कामिनं दीनमदीनसत्त्वं शोकाभिपत्रं समुदीर्णकोपम्। नरेन्द्रसूनुर्नरदेवपुत्रं रामानुजः पूर्वजमित्युवाच॥

sa kāminaṃ dīnamadīnasattvaṃ śokābhipatraṃ samudīrṇakopam| narendrasūnurnaradevaputraṃ rāmānujaḥ pūrvajamityuvāca||

English Meaning

Lakşmaņa again addressed his high-minded elder brother, the son of a king, influenced by passion, stricken with grief, and poorly, with the following words.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)