Chapter 34 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 34.51

स्तां वर्जयित्वा नरदेवपत्नीम्। रुदन् सुमन्त्रोऽपि जगाम मूछा हाहाकृतं तत्र बभूव सर्वम्॥

stāṃ varjayitvā naradevapatnīm| rudan sumantro'pi jagāma mūchā hāhākṛtaṃ tatra babhūva sarvam||

English Meaning

Thereat all the queens save that wife of the monarch (Kaikeyi) bewailed together; and crying Sumantra also went into a swoon. And the place was filled all around with exclamations of “O” and “Alas"

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)