Chapter 66 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 66

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 66.1

तं तथा शोकसंतप्तं विलपन्तमनाथवत्। मोहेन महता युक्तं परिधूनमचेतसम्॥ ततः सौमित्रिराश्वस्य मुहूर्तादिव लक्ष्मणः। रामं सम्बोधयामास चरणौ चाभिपीडयन्॥

taṃ tathā śokasaṃtaptaṃ vilapantamanāthavat| mohena mahatā yuktaṃ paridhūnamacetasam|| tataḥ saumitrirāśvasya muhūrtādiva lakṣmaṇaḥ| rāmaṃ sambodhayāmāsa caraṇau cābhipīḍayan||

English Meaning

Rāma bewailing thus like one helpless being stricken with grief, overwhelmed with sorrow and losing control over himself, Lakşmaņa touched his feet and consoling him instantly began.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)