Chapter 52 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 52.18

इति ब्रुवन्नात्मसमं सुमन्त्रः सारथिस्तदा। दृष्ट्वा दूरगतं रामं दुःखार्तो रुरुदे चिरम्॥

iti bruvannātmasamaṃ sumantraḥ sārathistadā| dṛṣṭvā dūragataṃ rāmaṃ duḥkhārto rurude ciram||

English Meaning

Having said this, the charioteer, Sumantra, seeing Rāma intent upon going to a distant land, wept for a long while in heaviness of heart.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)