Chapter 111 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 111

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 111.26

हा पश्चिमा मे संप्राप्ता दशा वैधव्यदायिनी॥ या मयासीन संबुद्धा कदाचिदपि मन्दया।

hā paścimā me saṃprāptā daśā vaidhavyadāyinī|| yā mayāsīna saṃbuddhā kadācidapi mandayā|

English Meaning

Alas! by my ill-luck I have attained to that after state making me a widow which I did never think of.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)