Chapter 103 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 103

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 103.15

सा सीता स्वर्गतं श्रुत्वा श्वशुरं तं महानृपम्। नेत्राभ्यामश्रुपूर्णाभ्यां न शशाकेक्षितं प्रियम्॥

sā sītā svargataṃ śrutvā śvaśuraṃ taṃ mahānṛpam| netrābhyāmaśrupūrṇābhyāṃ na śaśākekṣitaṃ priyam||

English Meaning

Having heard that her father-in-law, the king, had gone to the celestial regions. Sītā with her eyes filled with tears, could not see her beloved.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)