Chapter 32 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 32

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 32.18

कस्मान्मामपहाय त्वं गतो गतिमतां वर। अस्माल्लोकादमुं लोकं त्यक्त्वा मामपि दुःखिताम्।।

kasmānmāmapahāya tvaṃ gato gatimatāṃ vara| asmāllokādamuṃ lokaṃ tyaktvā māmapi duḥkhitām||

English Meaning

Why, O best of goers, have you gone from this world to that other, leaving behind me, overwhelmed with distress?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)