Chapter 57 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 57.19

स प्रविश्याष्टमीं कक्ष्यां राजानं दीनमातुरम्। पुत्रशोकपरिधूनमपश्यत् पाण्डुरे गृहे॥

sa praviśyāṣṭamīṃ kakṣyāṃ rājānaṃ dīnamāturam| putraśokaparidhūnamapaśyat pāṇḍure gṛhe||

English Meaning

And entering the eighth apartment he beheld in a gloomy chamber the king distressed and in a pitiable plight, woe-begone for grief for his son.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)