Chapter 41 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 41

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 41.1

तस्मिंस्तु पुरुषव्याघ्र निष्क्रामति कृताञ्जलौ। आर्तशब्दो हि संजज्ञे स्त्रीणामन्तःपुरे महान्॥

tasmiṃstu puruṣavyāghra niṣkrāmati kṛtāñjalau| ārtaśabdo hi saṃjajñe strīṇāmantaḥpure mahān||

English Meaning

When that foremost of men had gone out of the city with joined hands, there arose a chorus of cries proceeding from the females residing in the inner apartment.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)