Chapter 14 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 14.17

व्याहन्तास्यशुभाचरे यदि रामाभिषेचनम्॥ न शक्तोऽद्यास्म्यहं द्रष्टुं दृष्ट्वा पूर्वं तथामुखम्। हतहर्षं तथानन्दं पुनर्जनमवाङ्मुखम्॥

vyāhantāsyaśubhācare yadi rāmābhiṣecanam|| na śakto'dyāsmyahaṃ draṣṭuṃ dṛṣṭvā pūrvaṃ tathāmukham| hataharṣaṃ tathānandaṃ punarjanamavāṅmukham||

English Meaning

That countenance of Rāma which I have once seen expanded in delight, I shall never be able to behold bereft of joy and cheerfulness, and down, with melancholy clouding it

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)