Chapter 2 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 2.38

अचिन्त्यामद्भुताकारां दृष्ट्वा लङ्कां महाकपिः। आसीद् विषण्णो दृष्टश्च वैदेह्या दर्शनोत्सुकः। ५२।।

acintyāmadbhutākārāṃ dṛṣṭvā laṅkāṃ mahākapiḥ| āsīd viṣaṇṇo dṛṣṭaśca vaidehyā darśanotsukaḥ| 52||

English Meaning

Beholding Lankā, wonderful and of inconceivable loveliness, the mighty monkey, desirous of beholding Vaidehī, became depressed and delighted at the same time.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)