Chapter 65 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 65

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 65.23

तत् परित्रस्तसम्भ्रान्तपर्युत्सुकजनाकुलम्। सर्वतस्तुमुलाक्रन्दं परितापार्तबान्धवम्॥ सद्योनिपतितानन्दं दीनं विक्लवदर्शनम्। बभूव नरदेवस्य सद्म दिष्टान्तमीयुषः॥

tat paritrastasambhrāntaparyutsukajanākulam| sarvatastumulākrandaṃ paritāpārtabāndhavam|| sadyonipatitānandaṃ dīnaṃ viklavadarśanam| babhūva naradevasya sadma diṣṭāntamīyuṣaḥ||

English Meaning

The mansion of the king became filled with people exceedingly excited and frightened, eager to know all about the matter, became filled with lamentations, with friends afflicted with distress, its joy instantaneously vanished, a scene of distress and dole.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)