Chapter 18 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 18.1

स ददर्शासने रामो विषण्णं पितरं शुभे। कैकेय्या सहितं दीनं मुखेन परिशुष्यता॥

sa dadarśāsane rāmo viṣaṇṇaṃ pitaraṃ śubhe| kaikeyyā sahitaṃ dīnaṃ mukhena pariśuṣyatā||

English Meaning

Rāma saw his father, seated on a beautiful sofa with Kaikeyi, looking sorry and poorly and with his countenance dried up.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)