Chapter 48 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 48.18

प्रदक्षिणं च तां कृत्वा रुदन्नेव महास्वनः॥ ध्यात्वा मुहूर्तं तामाह किं मां वक्ष्यसि शोभने।

pradakṣiṇaṃ ca tāṃ kṛtvā rudanneva mahāsvanaḥ|| dhyātvā muhūrtaṃ tāmāha kiṃ māṃ vakṣyasi śobhane|

English Meaning

Thereupon bewailing aloud and circumbulating her, he, meditating a little, said. "What are you speaking to me, O worshipful dame?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)