Chapter 74 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 74

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 74.17

तां दृष्ट्वा शोकसंतप्तां वज्रपाणिर्यशस्विनीम्। इन्द्रः प्राञ्जलिरुद्विग्नः सुरराजोऽब्रवीद् वचः॥

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā śokasaṃtaptāṃ vajrapāṇiryaśasvinīm| indraḥ prāñjalirudvignaḥ surarājo'bravīd vacaḥ||

English Meaning

Seeing that illustrious one burning in grief, the wielder of the thunder-bolt, Indra the lord of the celestials, waxing anxious, with joined hands said.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)