Chapter 19 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 19.26

रामस्य तु वचः श्रुत्वा भृशं दुःखगतः पिता। शोकादशक्नुवन् वक्तुं प्ररुरोद महास्वनम्॥

rāmasya tu vacaḥ śrutvā bhṛśaṃ duḥkhagataḥ pitā| śokādaśaknuvan vaktuṃ praruroda mahāsvanam||

English Meaning

Hearing these words of Rāma, his father, greatly afflicted and incapable of speaking anything on account of sorrow, began to cry aloud.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)