Chapter 9 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 9.19

मा स्मैनं प्रत्युदीक्षेथा मा चैनमभिभाषथाः। रुदन्ती पार्थिवं दृष्ट्वा जगत्यां शोकलालसा॥

mā smainaṃ pratyudīkṣethā mā cainamabhibhāṣathāḥ| rudantī pārthivaṃ dṛṣṭvā jagatyāṃ śokalālasā||

English Meaning

Do not look at him, nor speak to him ought. Do you on beholding the lord of the earth, overwhelmed with grief, weep only.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)