Chapter 42 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 42.12

विललाप स दुःखार्तः प्रियं पुत्रमनुस्मरन्। नगरान्तमनुप्राप्तं बुद्ध्वा पुत्रमथाब्रवीत्॥

vilalāpa sa duḥkhārtaḥ priyaṃ putramanusmaran| nagarāntamanuprāptaṃ buddhvā putramathābravīt||

English Meaning

And stricken with grief, he lamented, remembering his beloved son, and thinking that by this time he had reached the precincts of the city, he broke out into the following.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)