Chapter 33 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 33.31

किमयं कामवृत्तस्ते लुप्तधर्मार्थसंग्रहः। भर्ता भर्तहिते युक्ते न चैनमवबुध्यसे॥

kimayaṃ kāmavṛttaste luptadharmārthasaṃgrahaḥ| bhartā bhartahite yukte na cainamavabudhyase||

English Meaning

O you intent on your husband's welfare, did you not perceive that your husband is by and by losing piety and wealth, being addicted to amorcus enjoyments.?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)