Chapter 18 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 18.38

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.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)