Chapter 46 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 46

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 46.6

पितरं चानुशोचामि मातरं च यशस्विनीम्। अपि नान्धौ भवेतां नौ रुदन्तौ तावभीक्ष्णशः॥

pitaraṃ cānuśocāmi mātaraṃ ca yaśasvinīm| api nāndhau bhavetāṃ nau rudantau tāvabhīkṣṇaśaḥ||

English Meaning

I bewail our father as well as my illustrious mother. I fear lest lamenting ceaselessly, they become blind.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)