Chapter 56 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 56.3

मम चैवाल्पभाग्यायाः सांनिध्यात् तव वानर। शोकस्यास्याप्रमेयस्य मुहूर्तं स्यादपि क्षयः॥

mama caivālpabhāgyāyāḥ sāṃnidhyāt tava vānara| śokasyāsyāprameyasya muhūrtaṃ syādapi kṣayaḥ||

English Meaning

Your vicinity, O monkey, for a while beguiles me of slender luck of my measureless grief.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)