Chapter 24 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 24.5

अस्यां महिष्यां तु भृशं रुदत्यां पुरेऽतिविक्रोशति दुःखतप्ते। हते नृपे संशयितेऽङ्गदे च न राम राज्ये रमते मनो मे।।

asyāṃ mahiṣyāṃ tu bhṛśaṃ rudatyāṃ pure'tivikrośati duḥkhatapte| hate nṛpe saṃśayite'ṅgade ca na rāma rājye ramate mano me||

English Meaning

This queen lamenting piteously, these subjects and retinue bewailing, being overwhelmed with grief, this king being slain, how can kingdom please me.?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)