Chapter 47 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 47

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 47.10

सा नूनं नगरी दीना दृष्ट्वास्मान् राघवं विना। भविष्यति निरानन्दा सस्त्रीबालवयोऽधिका॥

sā nūnaṃ nagarī dīnā dṛṣṭvāsmān rāghavaṃ vinā| bhaviṣyati nirānandā sastrībālavayo'dhikā||

English Meaning

Surely seeing us without Rāghava, the forlorn city with her women, children and grown up folks will be plunged in grief.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)