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)