Chapter 39 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 39.2

नैनं दुःखेन संतप्तः प्रत्यवैक्षत राघवम्। न चैनमभिसम्प्रेक्ष्य प्रत्यभाषत दुर्मनाः॥

nainaṃ duḥkhena saṃtaptaḥ pratyavaikṣata rāghavam| na cainamabhisamprekṣya pratyabhāṣata durmanāḥ||

English Meaning

And burning in grief, the king could not eye Rāghava, nor seeing him could that one of arilicted mind answer anything.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)