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)