Chapter 48 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 48.6

सा कथं ह्याश्रमे सौम्य वत्स्यामि विजनीकृता। आख्यास्यामि च कस्याहं दुःखं दुःखपरायणा ।।६

sā kathaṃ hyāśrame saumya vatsyāmi vijanīkṛtā| ākhyāsyāmi ca kasyāhaṃ duḥkhaṃ duḥkhaparāyaṇā ||6

English Meaning

But how shall I, O gentle one, live in the hermitage being divorced from all my kith and kin? and being afflicted to whom shall I express my sorrow?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)