Chapter 18 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 18.37

इतीव तस्यां परुषं वदन्त्यां न चैव रामः प्रविवेश शोकम्। प्रविव्यथे चापि महानुभावो राजां च पुत्रव्यसनाभितप्तः॥

itīva tasyāṃ paruṣaṃ vadantyāṃ na caiva rāmaḥ praviveśa śokam| pravivyathe cāpi mahānubhāvo rājāṃ ca putravyasanābhitaptaḥ||

English Meaning

Hearing these cruel words of her, Rāma was not grieved; but the generous king afflicted with the thought of the approaching separation with his son, was greatly pained. out these words of the Lord of men and save him by redeeming these great vows of his.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)