Chapter 61 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 61

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 61.26

इमां गिरं दारुणशब्दसंहितां निशम्य रामेति मुमोह दुःखितः। ततः स शोकं प्रविवेश पार्थिवः स्वदुष्कृतं चापि पुनस्तथास्मरत्॥

imāṃ giraṃ dāruṇaśabdasaṃhitāṃ niśamya rāmeti mumoha duḥkhitaḥ| tataḥ sa śokaṃ praviveśa pārthivaḥ svaduṣkṛtaṃ cāpi punastathāsmarat||

English Meaning

Hearing these words uttered in heart-rending accents, Dasaratha exceedingly distressed, became senseless. And being afflicted with grief, he again remembered his evil act.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)