Chapter 41 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 41

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 41.16

बाष्पपर्याकुलमुखो राजमार्गगतो जनः। न हृष्टो लभ्यते कश्चित् सर्वः शोकपरायणः॥

bāṣpaparyākulamukho rājamārgagato janaḥ| na hṛṣṭo labhyate kaścit sarvaḥ śokaparāyaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

And with their faces washed in tears, the wayfarers betoken no delight, but all are being exercised with grief.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)