Chapter 64 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 64.58

तस्य दर्शनजः शोकः सुतस्याप्रतिकर्मणः॥ उच्छोषयति वै प्राणान् वारि स्तोकमिवातपः।

tasya darśanajaḥ śokaḥ sutasyāpratikarmaṇaḥ|| ucchoṣayati vai prāṇān vāri stokamivātapaḥ|

English Meaning

Even as the sun dried up a drop of water, grief for not seeing my son of incomparable acts dried my spirits.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)