Chapter 106 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 106

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 106.32

तदद्भुतं स्थैर्यमवेक्ष्य राघवे समं जनो हर्षमवाप दुःखितः। न यात्ययोध्यामिति दुःखितोऽभवत् स्थिरप्रतिज्ञत्वमवेक्ष्य हर्षितः॥

tadadbhutaṃ sthairyamavekṣya rāghave samaṃ jano harṣamavāpa duḥkhitaḥ| na yātyayodhyāmiti duḥkhito'bhavat sthirapratijñatvamavekṣya harṣitaḥ||

English Meaning

Witnessing that wonderful firmness in Rāghava, the people were at one and the same time delighted and depressed. They were aggrieved because he would not go to Ayodhyā; they rejoiced on seeing his firm resolution.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)