Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 58: Sumantra Conveys the Message of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa
Text 2.58.6
दुःखस्यानुचितो दुःखं समन्त्र शयनोचितः।
भूमिपालात्मजो भूमौ शेते कथमनाथवत्॥
duḥkhasyānucito duḥkhaṁ sumantra śayanocitaḥ
bhūmi-pālātmajo bhūmau śete katham anāthavat
duḥkhasya = for discomfort; anucitaḥ = unfit; duḥkham = sadly; sumantra = Sumantra; śayana-ucitaḥ = and fit to sleep on a royal bed; bhūmi-pāla-ātmajaḥ = a king’s son; bhūmau = on the ground; śete = sleep; katham = how can; anāthavat = like an orphan.
Sumantra, how can a king’s son, sadly unfit for discomfort and fit to sleep on a royal bed, sleep on the ground like an orphan?