Chapter 2 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 2.16

सा तु कृत्वाञ्जलिं दीना कन्योदाच तपोधनम्। न जाने कारणं तात येन मे रूपमीदृशम्॥

sā tu kṛtvāñjaliṃ dīnā kanyodāca tapodhanam| na jāne kāraṇaṃ tāta yena me rūpamīdṛśam||

English Meaning

Thereat, in .woe-begone guise, with joined hands, his daughter replied to that one having asceticism for the riches, 'O father, cause know I none whereby I have come by this appearance.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)