Chapter 57 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 57.14

हम्यैर्विमानैः प्रासादैरवेक्ष्याथ समागतम्। हाहाकारकृता नार्यो रामादर्शनकर्शिताः॥

hamyairvimānaiḥ prāsādairavekṣyātha samāgatam| hāhākārakṛtā nāryo rāmādarśanakarśitāḥ||

English Meaning

And beholding Sumantra returned to the city crowned with edifices, seven-storied houses, and palatial mansions, the women, stricken with the absence of Rama, set up a cry of "Oh" and "Alas."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)