Chapter 2 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 2.15

तां तु दृष्ट्वा तथाभूतां तृणबिन्दुरथाब्रवीत्। किं त्वमेतत्त्वसदृशं धारयस्यात्मनो वपुः॥

tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā tathābhūtāṃ tṛṇabindurathābravīt| kiṃ tvametattvasadṛśaṃ dhārayasyātmano vapuḥ||

English Meaning

Seeing her in this condition, Triņabindu said, "Wherefore is the person that you bear unlike what it used to be?'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)