Chapter 5 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 5.18

अहं विनिकृतो राम चरामीह भयादितः॥ हृतभार्यो वने त्रस्तो दुर्गमेतदुपाश्रितः।

ahaṃ vinikṛto rāma carāmīha bhayāditaḥ|| hṛtabhāryo vane trasto durgametadupāśritaḥ|

English Meaning

Oppressed have I been, O Rama; and here am always afflicted with fear. Deprived of my wife, I have, agitated with apprehension, sought refuge in this dense wilderness.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)