Chapter 103 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 103

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 103.38

तान् नरान् बाष्पपूर्णाक्षान् समीक्ष्याथ सुदुःखितान्। पर्यष्वजत धर्मज्ञः पितृवन्मातृवच्च सः॥

tān narān bāṣpapūrṇākṣān samīkṣyātha suduḥkhitān| paryaṣvajata dharmajñaḥ pitṛvanmātṛvacca saḥ||

English Meaning

Seeing those men oppressed with grief with their eyes filled with tears, that one cognizant of virtue like fathers and mothers, embraced those that deserved it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)