Chapter 16 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 16.26

इमामसितकेशान्तां शतपत्रनिभेक्षणाम्। सुखाहाँ दुःखितां ज्ञात्वा ममापि व्यथितं मनः॥

imāmasitakeśāntāṃ śatapatranibhekṣaṇām| sukhāhā~ duḥkhitāṃ jñātvā mamāpi vyathitaṃ manaḥ||

English Meaning

My heart is greatly pained knowing that she, having dark-blue eyes, resembling lotus petals, worthy of happiness, has been possessed by grief.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)