Chapter 72 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 72

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 72.22

स रुदित्वा चिरं कालं भूमौ परिविवृत्य च। जननी प्रत्युवाचेदं शोकैर्बहुभिरावृतः॥

sa ruditvā ciraṃ kālaṃ bhūmau parivivṛtya ca| jananī pratyuvācedaṃ śokairbahubhirāvṛtaḥ||

English Meaning

Having wept for a long while with his body rolling on the earth, Bharata afflicted with manifold grief, answered his mother, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)