Chapter 20 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 20.28

क्लिष्टकौशेयवसनां तन्वीमप्यनलंकृताम्। त्वां दृष्ट्वा स्वेषु दारेषु रतिं नोपलभाम्यहम्॥

kliṣṭakauśeyavasanāṃ tanvīmapyanalaṃkṛtām| tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā sveṣu dāreṣu ratiṃ nopalabhāmyaham||

English Meaning

Beholding you, wearing a shattered silken cloth, slender and without any ornaments, I do not find any attachment in my own wives.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)