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)