Chapter 47 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 47

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 47.12

इतीव बहुधा वाचो बाहुमुद्यम्य ते जनाः। विलपन्ति स्म दुःखार्ता हृतवत्सा इवाग्र्यगाः॥

itīva bahudhā vāco bāhumudyamya te janāḥ| vilapanti sma duḥkhārtā hṛtavatsā ivāgryagāḥ||

English Meaning

Thus raising up their arms, they stricken with grief, indulged in lamentations, like to kine deprived of their calves.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)