Chapter 65 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 65

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 65.24

अतीतमाज्ञाय तु पार्थिवर्षभं यशस्विनं तं परिवार्य पत्नयः। भृशं रुदत्यः करुणं सुदुः :खिताः प्रगृह्य बाहू व्यलपन्ननाथवत्॥

atītamājñāya tu pārthivarṣabhaṃ yaśasvinaṃ taṃ parivārya patnayaḥ| bhṛśaṃ rudatyaḥ karuṇaṃ suduḥ :khitāḥ pragṛhya bāhū vyalapannanāthavat||

English Meaning

Knowing that the lord of earth had departed, his wives surrounding that illustrious one, smitten with excess of sorrow and weeping bitterly and piteously, holding the king's hands indulged in lamentations, like forlorn ones.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)