Chapter 36 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 36.43

स देवि नित्यं परितप्यमानस्त्वामेव सीतेत्यभिभाषमाणः। धृतव्रतो राजसुतो महात्मा तवैव लाभाय कृतप्रयत्नः।।४६

sa devi nityaṃ paritapyamānastvāmeva sītetyabhibhāṣamāṇaḥ| dhṛtavrato rājasuto mahātmā tavaiva lābhāya kṛtaprayatnaḥ||46

English Meaning

O worshipful dame, he is always lamenting, exclaiming "O Sītā!, and that high-souled son of the king, to regain you, has resorted to ascetic observances."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)