Chapter 26 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 26.33

ध्रुवं मां प्रातराशार्थं राक्षस: कल्पयिष्यति। साहं कथं करिष्यामि तं बिना प्रियदर्शनम्॥

dhruvaṃ māṃ prātarāśārthaṃ rākṣasa: kalpayiṣyati| sāhaṃ kathaṃ kariṣyāmi taṃ binā priyadarśanam||

English Meaning

Forsooth shall the Raksasa serve me for his morning meal. What shall I do without my lord of comely presence?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)