Chapter 34 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 34.22

किं नु स्याच्चित्तमोहोऽयं भवेद् वातगतिस्त्वियम्। उन्मादजों विकारो वा स्यादयं मृगतृष्णिका॥

kiṃ nu syāccittamoho'yaṃ bhaved vātagatistviyam| unmādajoṃ vikāro vā syādayaṃ mṛgatṛṣṇikā||

English Meaning

Or is it mental derangement? Or have I been possessed by a devil? Or have I run mad? Or is it the sultry vapour noating over sands and appearing at a distance like water?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)