Chapter 40 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 40.35

ततो हलहलाशब्दो यज्ञे रामस्य पृष्ठतः। नराणां प्रेक्ष्य राजानं सीदन्तं भृशदुःखितम्॥

tato halahalāśabdo yajñe rāmasya pṛṣṭhataḥ| narāṇāṃ prekṣya rājānaṃ sīdantaṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitam||

English Meaning

Then seeing the sovereign senseless and stricken with exceeding sorrow, the multitudes at the rear of Rāma broke out into a loud tumult.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)