Chapter 40 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 40.18

ततः सबालवृद्धा सा पुरी परमपीडिता। राममेवाभिदुद्राव घर्तिः सलिलं यथा॥

tataḥ sabālavṛddhā sā purī paramapīḍitā| rāmamevābhidudrāva ghartiḥ salilaṃ yathā||

English Meaning

And the entire city containing, young and old, extremely afflicted, rushed after Rāma, like persons oppressed with the heat of the sun rushing towards water.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)