Chapter 9 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 9.16

अहं तु नष्टं तं ज्ञात्वा स्नेहादागतसम्भ्रमः। भ्रातरं न प्रपश्यामि पापशङ्कि च मे मनः॥

ahaṃ tu naṣṭaṃ taṃ jñātvā snehādāgatasambhramaḥ| bhrātaraṃ na prapaśyāmi pāpaśaṅki ca me manaḥ||

English Meaning

And seized with sorrow (I reflected), 'As I do not see my brother, he must be lost—and my mind was alarmed, apprehending his death.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)