Chapter 72 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 72

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 72.44

स स्ववृत्तिं समास्थाय पिता ते तत् तथाकरोत्। रामस्तु सहसौमित्रिः प्रेषितः सह सीतया॥ तमपश्यन् प्रियं पुत्रं महीपालो महायशाः। पुत्रशोकपरिवूनः पञ्चत्वमुपपेदिवान्॥

sa svavṛttiṃ samāsthāya pitā te tat tathākarot| rāmastu sahasaumitriḥ preṣitaḥ saha sītayā|| tamapaśyan priyaṃ putraṃ mahīpālo mahāyaśāḥ| putraśokaparivūnaḥ pañcatvamupapedivān||

English Meaning

Thereupon, he, staying by his promise, did accordingly: Rāma has been banished along with Sumitrā's son and Sītā. Not seeing his beloved son, the illustrious lord of earth, stricken by grief on his account, has breathed his last.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)