Chapter 10 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 10

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 10.11

स कामबलसंयुक्तो रत्यर्थी मनुजाधिपः॥ अपश्यन् दयितां भार्यां पप्रच्छ विषसाद च।

sa kāmabalasaṃyukto ratyarthī manujādhipaḥ|| apaśyan dayitāṃ bhāryāṃ papraccha viṣasāda ca|

English Meaning

The lord of men not seeing his favourite wife, asked (within himself) and was struck with grief.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)