Chapter 55 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 55.7

भिन्नमन्त्रोऽपराद्धश्च भिन्नशक्तिः कथं ह्यहम्। किष्किन्धां प्राप्य जीवेयमनाथ इव दुर्बलः॥

bhinnamantro'parāddhaśca bhinnaśaktiḥ kathaṃ hyaham| kiṣkindhāṃ prāpya jīveyamanātha iva durbalaḥ||

English Meaning

How can I, whose counsels have been revealed, who have transgressed, and who have been deprived of my power, repairing to Kiş kindhā like one forlorn and feeble, live?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)