Chapter 40 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 40.20

संयच्छ वाजिनां रश्मीन् सूत याहि शनैः शनैः। मुखं द्रक्ष्याम रामस्य दुर्दशं नो भविष्यति॥

saṃyaccha vājināṃ raśmīn sūta yāhi śanaiḥ śanaiḥ| mukhaṃ drakṣyāma rāmasya durdaśaṃ no bhaviṣyati||

English Meaning

O charioteer, rein in the horses, do you proceed softly. We will see the countenance of Rāma, which we shall never see again.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)