Chapter 42 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 42.30

तं राममेवानुविचिन्तयन्तं समीक्ष्य देवी शयने नरेन्द्रम्। उपोपविश्याधिकमार्तरूपा विनिःश्वसन्तं विललाप कृच्छ्रम्॥

taṃ rāmamevānuvicintayantaṃ samīkṣya devī śayane narendram| upopaviśyādhikamārtarūpā viniḥśvasantaṃ vilalāpa kṛcchram||

English Meaning

Then seeing that foremost of men absorbed in the contemplation of Rāma, that noble dame sat by him, and afflicted with greater grief, began to indulge in sorrow,* sighing heavily. *Another text reads vinisvasantam, joining it to narendram, foremost of men.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)