Chapter 33 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 33.2

का नु पद्मपलाशाक्षि क्लिष्टकौशेयवासिनि। दुमस्य शाखामालम्ब्य तिष्ठसि त्वमनिन्दिता॥ किमर्थं तव नेत्राभ्यां वारि स्रवति शोकजम्। पुण्डरीकपलाशाभ्यां विप्रकीर्णमिवोदकम्॥

kā nu padmapalāśākṣi kliṣṭakauśeyavāsini| dumasya śākhāmālambya tiṣṭhasi tvamaninditā|| kimarthaṃ tava netrābhyāṃ vāri sravati śokajam| puṇḍarīkapalāśābhyāṃ viprakīrṇamivodakam||

English Meaning

Who are you, O you having eyes like lotus petals and wearing a soiled silken cloth, who are waiting there holding a branch of the tree? Why are the tears of sorrow flowing from your eyes like to drops of water falling from lotus petals?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)