Chapter 40 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 40.16

प्रयाते तु महारण्यं चिररात्राय राघवे। बभूव नगरे मूर्छा बलमूर्छा जनस्य च॥

prayāte tu mahāraṇyaṃ cirarātrāya rāghave| babhūva nagare mūrchā balamūrchā janasya ca||

English Meaning

On Rāghava having left for the forest to stay there for a long period, the men and beasts within the city were deprived of their senses (by grief).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)