Chapter 36 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 36.40

नित्यं ध्यानपरो रामो नित्यं शोकपरायणः। नान्यच्चिन्तयते किंचित् स तु कामवशं गतः।॥

nityaṃ dhyānaparo rāmo nityaṃ śokaparāyaṇaḥ| nānyaccintayate kiṃcit sa tu kāmavaśaṃ gataḥ|||

English Meaning

Rāma is always engaged in meditations, overwhelmed with grief, and he has no other thought but seeing you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)