Chapter 66 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 66

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 66.3

यथैव धेनुः स्रवति स्नेहाद् वत्सस्य वत्सला। तथा ममापि हृदयं मणिश्रेष्ठस्य दर्शनात्॥

yathaiva dhenuḥ sravati snehād vatsasya vatsalā| tathā mamāpi hṛdayaṃ maṇiśreṣṭhasya darśanāt||

English Meaning

Forsooth my heart melt on beholding this jewel as milk trickle down from the udders of a cow on beholding its calf.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)