Chapter 33 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 33.43

न कामतन्त्रे तव बुद्धिरस्ति त्वं वै यथा मन्युवर्श प्रपन्नः। ववेक्षते कामरतिर्मनुष्यः॥

na kāmatantre tava buddhirasti tvaṃ vai yathā manyuvarśa prapannaḥ| vavekṣate kāmaratirmanuṣyaḥ||

English Meaning

As you had come under the governance of anger, your mind has not felt the influence of desire. Even a human being that has conceived love, does not stay for place or time or interest

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)