Chapter 51 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 51.22

तथा हि सत्यं ब्रुवति प्रजाहिते नरेन्द्रसूनौ गुरुसौहृदाद् गुहः। मुमोच बाष्पं व्यसनाभिपीडितो ज्वरातुरो नाग इव व्यथातुरः॥

tathā hi satyaṃ bruvati prajāhite narendrasūnau gurusauhṛdād guhaḥ| mumoca bāṣpaṃ vyasanābhipīḍito jvarāturo nāga iva vyathāturaḥ||

English Meaning

When that son of the foremost of men, intent on the welfare of the subjects had spoken thus truly, Guha, out of extreme affection for (Rāma), shed tears afflicted with grief and hurt like an elephant suffering from fever.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)