Chapter 57 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 57.29

ततस्तमन्तःपुरनादमुत्थितं समीक्ष्य वृद्धास्तरुणाश्च मानवाः। स्त्रियश्च सर्वा रुरुदुः समन्ततः पुरं तदासीत् पुनरेव संकुलम्॥

tatastamantaḥpuranādamutthitaṃ samīkṣya vṛddhāstaruṇāśca mānavāḥ| striyaśca sarvā ruruduḥ samantataḥ puraṃ tadāsīt punareva saṃkulam||

English Meaning

Hearing the sounds of wailing arise from the inner apartment, old and young as well as females, set up lamentations all round; and the city was again filled with them.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)