Chapter 16 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 16.25

दुष्करं कुरुते रामो हीनो यदनया प्रभुः। धारयत्यात्मनो देहं न दुःखेनावसीदति ॥

duṣkaraṃ kurute rāmo hīno yadanayā prabhuḥ| dhārayatyātmano dehaṃ na duḥkhenāvasīdati ||

English Meaning

Forsooth my master Rāma has performed a difficult act for he has been still keeping up his life in her separation without consuming himself in grief.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)