Chapter 99 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 99

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 99.21

दृष्ट्वैव विललापा” बाष्पसंदिग्धया गिरा। अशक्नुवन् वारयितुं धैर्याद् वचनमब्रुवन् ॥

dṛṣṭvaiva vilalāpā” bāṣpasaṃdigdhayā girā| aśaknuvan vārayituṃ dhairyād vacanamabruvan ||

English Meaning

And soon as Bharata saw Rāma, he, exceedingly distressed, broke out into lamentations in words choked with sorrow. And incapable of holding himself in patience, he said.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)