Chapter 20 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 20.1

तस्मिंस्तु पुरुषव्याघ्र निष्क्रामति कृताञ्जलौ। आर्तशब्दो महान् जज्ञे स्त्रीणामन्तःपुरे तदा॥

tasmiṃstu puruṣavyāghra niṣkrāmati kṛtāñjalau| ārtaśabdo mahān jajñe strīṇāmantaḥpure tadā||

English Meaning

There arose a great uproar of cry in the apartment of the females, when that best of men went out with clasped hands.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)