Chapter 57 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 57.15

आयतैर्विमलैत्रैरश्रुवेगपरिप्लुतैः। अन्योन्यमभिवीक्षन्ते व्यक्तमार्ततराः स्त्रियः॥ ततो दशरथस्त्रीणां प्रासादेभ्यस्ततस्ततः। रामशोकाभितप्तानां मन्दं शुश्राव जल्पितम्॥

āyatairvimalaitrairaśruvegapariplutaiḥ| anyonyamabhivīkṣante vyaktamārtatarāḥ striyaḥ|| tato daśarathastrīṇāṃ prāsādebhyastatastataḥ| rāmaśokābhitaptānāṃ mandaṃ śuśrāva jalpitam||

English Meaning

Waxing still more aggrieved, the females looked at each other with their expansive and transparent eyes fast flooded with tears. And then he heard the talk, as toned down it proceeded from the royal mansions, of the wives of Dasaratha afflicted with grief for Rāma.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)