Chapter 72 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 72

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 72.18

बाष्पमुत्सृज्य कण्ठेन स्वात्मना परिपीडितः। प्रच्छाद्य वदनं श्रीमद् वस्त्रेण जयतां वरः॥

bāṣpamutsṛjya kaṇṭhena svātmanā paripīḍitaḥ| pracchādya vadanaṃ śrīmad vastreṇa jayatāṃ varaḥ||

English Meaning

Exclaiming with tears trickling down, that foremost of victorious ones, extremely afflicted at heart, wept, muffling his graceful countenance.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)