Chapter 13 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 13.23

विशुद्धभावस्य हि दुष्टभावा दीनस्य ताम्राश्रुकलस्य राज्ञः। श्रुत्वा विचित्रं करुणं विलापं भर्तुर्नुशंसा न चकार वाक्यम्॥

viśuddhabhāvasya hi duṣṭabhāvā dīnasya tāmrāśrukalasya rājñaḥ| śrutvā vicitraṃ karuṇaṃ vilāpaṃ bharturnuśaṃsā na cakāra vākyam||

English Meaning

Having heard the exceedingly piteous words of her husband, the king of pure sentiment, who was distressed, with his eye rendered coppery and flowing with tears, that wicked minded and merciless woman spoke not.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)