Ramayana

siva.sh/ramayana/ayodhya-kanda/12/55

नष्टचित्तो यथोन्मत्तो विपरीतो यथातुरः | हृततेजा यथा सर्पो बभूव जगतीपतिः || २-१२-५५

sanskrit

The lord of the earth (Dasharatha) became like a man with the mind deranged, like a sick man behaving to the contrary, like a serpent with its energy drained (through mantra). [2-12-55]

english translation

naSTacitto yathonmatto viparIto yathAturaH | hRtatejA yathA sarpo babhUva jagatIpatiH || 2-12-55

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/ramayana/ayodhya-kanda/12/55

नष्टचित्तो यथोन्मत्तो विपरीतो यथातुरः | हृततेजा यथा सर्पो बभूव जगतीपतिः || २-१२-५५

sanskrit

The lord of the earth (Dasharatha) became like a man with the mind deranged, like a sick man behaving to the contrary, like a serpent with its energy drained (through mantra). [2-12-55]

english translation

naSTacitto yathonmatto viparIto yathAturaH | hRtatejA yathA sarpo babhUva jagatIpatiH || 2-12-55

hk transliteration by Sanscript