Chapter 13 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 13.30

भर्तृजेन तु दुःखेन अभिभूता वनौकसः। शिरांस्यभिहनिष्यन्ति तलैर्मुष्टिभिरेव च॥ सान्त्वेनानुप्रदानेन मानेन च यशस्विना। लालिता: कपिनाथेन प्राणांस्त्यक्ष्यन्ति वानराः॥

bhartṛjena tu duḥkhena abhibhūtā vanaukasaḥ| śirāṃsyabhihaniṣyanti talairmuṣṭibhireva ca|| sāntvenānupradānena mānena ca yaśasvinā| lālitā: kapināthena prāṇāṃstyakṣyanti vānarāḥ||

English Meaning

The dwellers of the woods overwhelmed with grief got of (the decease of) their master, shall strike at their heads with their clenched fists and hands. And the monkeys affectionately cherished by the famous lord of the monkeys with soothing words gifts and regard, shall resign there lives.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)