Chapter 36 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 36.1

ततः सुमन्त्रमैक्ष्वाकः पीडितोऽत्र प्रतिज्ञया। सवाष्पमतिनिःश्वस्य जगादेदं पुनर्वचः॥

tataḥ sumantramaikṣvākaḥ pīḍito'tra pratijñayā| savāṣpamatiniḥśvasya jagādedaṃ punarvacaḥ||

English Meaning

Then that descendant of Ikṣvāku afflicted because of his promise, sighing and his heart filled with the vapour begot of sorrow, again addressed Sumantra, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)