Chapter 39 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 39.47

स तु मर्मणि घोरेण ताडितो मन्मथेषुणा। न शर्म लभते रामः सिंहार्दित इव द्विपः॥

sa tu marmaṇi ghoreṇa tāḍito manmatheṣuṇā| na śarma labhate rāmaḥ siṃhārdita iva dvipaḥ||

English Meaning

Like an elephant tormented by a lion, Rāma afflicted in the vitals by the dreadful shafts of Manmatha, dose not attain ease.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)