Chapter 56 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 56.8

सर्वेषां देहहीनानां महद्दुःखं भविष्यति। लुप्यन्ते सर्वकार्याणि हीनदेहस्य वै प्रभो॥

sarveṣāṃ dehahīnānāṃ mahadduḥkhaṃ bhaviṣyati| lupyante sarvakāryāṇi hīnadehasya vai prabho||

English Meaning

O lord, the state of being bodiless is highly painful to all. The bodiless cannot perform any work; do you, therefore, by the favour, grant me another body.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)