Chapter 18 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 18.5

इन्द्रियैरप्रहष्टैस्तं शोकसंतापकर्शितम्। निःश्वसन्तं महाराजं व्यथिताकुलचेतसम्॥ ऊर्मिमालिनमक्षोभ्यं क्षुभ्यन्तमिव सागरम्। उपप्लुतमिवादित्यमुक्तानृतमृषि यथा॥

indriyairaprahaṣṭaistaṃ śokasaṃtāpakarśitam| niḥśvasantaṃ mahārājaṃ vyathitākulacetasam|| ūrmimālinamakṣobhyaṃ kṣubhyantamiva sāgaram| upaplutamivādityamuktānṛtamṛṣi yathā||

English Meaning

He was dejected and pulled down much with sorrow and penitence. He was sighing hot and hard and his heart was greatly pained. His heart was troubled like the wavy ocean agitating though incapable of agitation, and clouded like the Sun possessed by Rahu, and (that of) an ascetic speaking falsehood.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)