Chapter 103 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 103

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 103.12

सीते मृतस्ते श्वशुरः पितृहीनोऽसि लक्ष्मण। भरतो दुःखमाचष्टे स्वर्गतिं पृथिवीपतेः॥

sīte mṛtaste śvaśuraḥ pitṛhīno'si lakṣmaṇa| bharato duḥkhamācaṣṭe svargatiṃ pṛthivīpateḥ||

English Meaning

O Sītā, your father-in-law is dead and, O Laks inana, you are fatherless. Bharata has communicated to me that sad intelligence that our father has ascended heaven.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)