Chapter 39 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 39.1

रामस्य तु वचः श्रुत्वा मुनिवेषधरं च तम्। समीक्ष्य सह भाभी राजा विगतचेतनः॥

rāmasya tu vacaḥ śrutvā muniveṣadharaṃ ca tam| samīkṣya saha bhābhī rājā vigatacetanaḥ||

English Meaning

Hearing Rāma's words, and seeing him dressed like an ascetic, the king in the midst of his wives was deprived of his senses.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)