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)