Chapter 72 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 72

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 72.10

शून्योऽयं शयनीयस्ते पर्यङ्को हेमभूषितः। न चायमिक्ष्वाकुजनः प्रहृष्टः प्रतिभाति मे॥

śūnyo'yaṃ śayanīyaste paryaṅko hemabhūṣitaḥ| na cāyamikṣvākujanaḥ prahṛṣṭaḥ pratibhāti me||

English Meaning

This sleeping bedstead of yours adorned with gold is empty. I do not see the race of Ikşvāku in their usual good spirits.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)