Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.49

तां हि वज्रसमां वाचमाकर्ण्य हृदयाप्रियाम्। दुःखशोकमयीं श्रुत्वा राजा न सुखितोऽभवत्॥

tāṃ hi vajrasamāṃ vācamākarṇya hṛdayāpriyām| duḥkhaśokamayīṃ śrutvā rājā na sukhito'bhavat||

English Meaning

His beloved wife, who had uttered disagreeable things. And having heard that speech resembling thunder-bolt, and unpleasant to the heart, and surcharged with grief, the king was extremely pained.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)