Chapter 50 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 50

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 50.4

ततो रुचिरताम्राक्षो भुजमुद्यम्य दक्षिणम्। अश्रुपूर्णमुखो दीनोऽब्रवीज्जानपदं जनम्॥

tato ruciratāmrākṣo bhujamudyamya dakṣiṇam| aśrupūrṇamukho dīno'bravījjānapadaṃ janam||

English Meaning

Then he furnished with graceful coppery eyes raising his right hand, with tears in his eyes and in forlorn guise addressed the people of the provinces, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)