Chapter 28 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 28.7

दुःखं बतेदं ननु दुःखिताया मासौ चिरायाभिगमिष्यतो द्वौ। बद्धस्य वध्यस्य यथा निशान्ते राजोपरोधादिव तस्करस्य॥

duḥkhaṃ batedaṃ nanu duḥkhitāyā māsau cirāyābhigamiṣyato dvau| baddhasya vadhyasya yathā niśānte rājoparodhādiva taskarasya||

English Meaning

Two months shall pass away in no time and I shall have to suffer the pain of death, overwhelmed with sorrow as I am, like to a thief, confined in stocks, at the command of the sovereign to receive death the next morning.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)