Chapter 65 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 65

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 65.8

दुःखमापद्यते देवी त्वया वीर सुखोचिता ॥ रावणान्तःपुरे रुद्धा राक्षसीभिः सुरक्षिता। एकवेणीधरा दीना त्वयि चिन्तापरायणा ॥

duḥkhamāpadyate devī tvayā vīra sukhocitā || rāvaṇāntaḥpure ruddhā rākṣasībhiḥ surakṣitā| ekaveṇīdharā dīnā tvayi cintāparāyaṇā ||

English Meaning

And that worshipful came, O hero, ever used to happiness, is now stricken with grief in your absence. Confined in Ravana's inner apartment, well protected by those she-demons, wearing a single braid of hair and poorly, she is engaged only in thoughts touching you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)