Chapter 48 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 48.3

मामिकेयं तनु'नं सृष्टा दुःखाय लक्ष्मण। धात्रा यस्यास्तथा मेऽद्य दुःखमूर्तिः प्रदृश्यते॥

māmikeyaṃ tanu'naṃ sṛṣṭā duḥkhāya lakṣmaṇa| dhātrā yasyāstathā me'dya duḥkhamūrtiḥ pradṛśyate||

English Meaning

Forsooth, O Laksmana, the great Dispenser has created this body to suffer miseries, and all my affections are manifest in form today.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)