Chapter 33 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 33.29

किं कोपमूलं मनुजेन्द्रपुत्र कस्ते न संतिष्ठति वानिदेशे। कः शुष्कवृक्षं वनमापतन्तं दावाग्निमासीदति निर्विशङ्कः॥

kiṃ kopamūlaṃ manujendraputra kaste na saṃtiṣṭhati vānideśe| kaḥ śuṣkavṛkṣaṃ vanamāpatantaṃ dāvāgnimāsīdati nirviśaṅkaḥ||

English Meaning

O son of a king, what is the cause of your wrath? Who is there who has not abode by your commands? Who can remain without anxiety, beholding fire in a forest filled with dried trees?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)