Chapter 8 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 8.31

हृता भार्या च मे तेन प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयसी। सुहृदश्च मदीया ये संयता बन्धुनेषु ते॥

hṛtā bhāryā ca me tena prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasī| suhṛdaśca madīyā ye saṃyatā bandhuneṣu te||

English Meaning

He also took away my wife dearer to me than life; and my friends have been imprisoned and been bound.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)