Chapter 18 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 18.35

एतेन त्वां नरेन्द्रोऽयं कारुण्येन समाप्लुतः। शोकैः संक्लिष्टवदनो न शक्नोति निरीक्षितुम्॥

etena tvāṃ narendro'yaṃ kāruṇyena samāplutaḥ| śokaiḥ saṃkliṣṭavadano na śaknoti nirīkṣitum||

English Meaning

The king, filled with pity and having his face marked with the affliction of sorrow, cannot cast a glance upon you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)