Sanskrit · DevanagariComplete modern digital transcription ↗
रत्नं हस्तगतं त्यक्त्वा काचं तु भजते यथा । तथा त्वं सेवसे सीते परोच्चं लघुमस्फुटम् ॥ ७०॥
IAST
ratnaṃ hastagataṃ tyaktvā kācaṃ tu bhajate yathā | tathā tvaṃ sevase sīte paroccaṃ laghumasphuṭam || 70||
English
‘Sītā, you are acting like someone who abandons a jewel already held in the hand and chooses a bit of glass: you turn from the manifest supreme beloved to a subtler, indirect image in meditation.’