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)