Chapter 13 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 13.25

इतीव राज्ञो व्यथितस्य सा निशा जगाम घोरं श्वसतो मनस्विनः। विबोध्यमानः प्रतिबोधनं तदा निवारयामास स राजसत्तमः॥

itīva rājño vyathitasya sā niśā jagāma ghoraṃ śvasato manasvinaḥ| vibodhyamānaḥ pratibodhanaṃ tadā nivārayāmāsa sa rājasattamaḥ||

English Meaning

As the wise king afflicted with sorrow was sighing hot and hard, the night passed away Then as the eulogists attempted to sung his praises for awakening him, he prohibited them to do so.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)