Chapter 38 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 38.13

उत्कर्षन्त्यां च रशनां क्रुद्धायां मयि पक्षिणे। स्रंसमाने च वसने ततो दृष्टा त्वया ह्यहम्॥ त्वया विहसिता चाहं क्रुद्धा संलज्जिता तदा। भक्ष्यगृद्धेन काकेन दारिता त्वामुपागता॥

utkarṣantyāṃ ca raśanāṃ kruddhāyāṃ mayi pakṣiṇe| sraṃsamāne ca vasane tato dṛṣṭā tvayā hyaham|| tvayā vihasitā cāhaṃ kruddhā saṃlajjitā tadā| bhakṣyagṛddhena kākena dāritā tvāmupāgatā||

English Meaning

Being enraged with that bird, as I tried to tighten the cloth around my waist, it gave way a little, and you, rising up from your seat and looking at me, did laugh over it. And I was greatly enraged with your laughter and ashamed, and, being wounded by the crow, I approached you.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)