Chapter 41 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 41

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 41.7

इति सर्वा महिष्यस्ता विवत्सा इव धेनवः। रुरुदुश्चैव दुःखार्ताः सस्वरं च विचुक्रुशुः॥

iti sarvā mahiṣyastā vivatsā iva dhenavaḥ| ruruduścaiva duḥkhārtāḥ sasvaraṃ ca vicukruśuḥ||

English Meaning

Thus all the queens, oppressed with grief, burst out into lamentations like kine bereft of calves, and loud was the sound of their wailing.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)