Chapter 77 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 77

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 77.24

अश्रूणि परिमृद्गन्तौ रक्ताक्षौ दीनभाषिणौ। अमात्यास्त्वरयन्ति स्म तनयौ चापराः क्रियाः॥

aśrūṇi parimṛdgantau raktākṣau dīnabhāṣiṇau| amātyāstvarayanti sma tanayau cāparāḥ kriyāḥ||

English Meaning

And as the princes stood there shedding tears, with reddened eyes, and speaking sadly, the courers urged nem on in behalf of the rites that remained.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)