Chapter 19 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 19.16

धिक्कष्टमिति निःश्वस्य राजा शोकपरिप्लुतः। मूर्च्छितो न्यपतत् तस्मिन् पर्यङ्के हेमभूषिते॥

dhikkaṣṭamiti niḥśvasya rājā śokapariplutaḥ| mūrcchito nyapatat tasmin paryaṅke hemabhūṣite||

English Meaning

'Oh fie!' 'what affliction' sobbing hard with these words, the monarch, filled with sorrow, swooned away and fell down upon the sofa, embellished with gold.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)