Chapter 19 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 19.8

तथाश्वासय ह्रीमन्तं किंत्विदं यन्महीपतिः। वसुधासक्तनयनो मन्दमश्रूणि मुञ्चति ॥

tathāśvāsaya hrīmantaṃ kiṃtvidaṃ yanmahīpatiḥ| vasudhāsaktanayano mandamaśrūṇi muñcati ||

English Meaning

Do you now console the bashful king; why has he, with his eyes steadily fixed on the ground, been shedding tears slowly?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)