Chapter 66 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 66

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 66.23

नराश्च नार्यश्च समेत्य संघशो विगर्हमाणा भरतस्य मातरम्। तदा नगाँ नरदेवसंक्षये बभूवुरार्ता न च शर्म लेभिरे॥

narāśca nāryaśca sametya saṃghaśo vigarhamāṇā bharatasya mātaram| tadā nagā~ naradevasaṃkṣaye babhūvurārtā na ca śarma lebhire||

English Meaning

And on on the demise of that illustrious personage, in the city men and women in multitudes, censuring Bharata's mother, became extremely distressed, and did not attain peace of mind.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)