Chapter 57 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 57.38

अहो स्वामिनि ते भक्तिरहो वीर्यमहो धृतिः॥ दिष्ट्या दृष्टा त्वया देवी रामपत्नी यशस्विनी। दिष्ट्या त्यक्ष्यति काकुत्स्थः शोकं सीतावियोगजम्।।४८

aho svāmini te bhaktiraho vīryamaho dhṛtiḥ|| diṣṭyā dṛṣṭā tvayā devī rāmapatnī yaśasvinī| diṣṭyā tyakṣyati kākutsthaḥ śokaṃ sītāviyogajam||48

English Meaning

Oh for your fidelity! Oh for your prowess! Oh for your fortitude! By luck had you seen that exalted one, the illustrious wife of Rāma, by luck it is that Kākutstha shall forego his sorrow in consequence of separation from Sītā.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)