Chapter 47 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 47

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 47.17

ते तानि वेश्मानि महाधनानि दुःखेन दुःखोपहता विशन्तः। नैव प्रजग्मुः स्वजनं परं वा निरीक्ष्यमाणाः प्रविनष्टहर्षाः॥

te tāni veśmāni mahādhanāni duḥkhena duḥkhopahatā viśantaḥ| naiva prajagmuḥ svajanaṃ paraṃ vā nirīkṣyamāṇāḥ pravinaṣṭaharṣāḥ||

English Meaning

And entering their wealthy mansions, they deprived of their senses by grief, could not recognize them for their own, nor could they with their hearts rendered absolutely cheerless, although looking at them minutely, distinguish their own from others.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)