Chapter 54 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 54.28

हा तात हा पुत्रक कान्त मित्र हा जीवितेशाङ्ग हतं सुपुण्यम्। रक्षोभिरेवं बहुधा ब्रुवद्भिः शब्दः कृतो घोरतरः सुभीमः॥

hā tāta hā putraka kānta mitra hā jīviteśāṅga hataṃ supuṇyam| rakṣobhirevaṃ bahudhā bruvadbhiḥ śabdaḥ kṛto ghorataraḥ subhīmaḥ||

English Meaning

O father! O son! O love! O friend! O lord of my life and frame! all our religious merit is abolished "Indulging in various lamentations, the Rākşas thus created a mighty and frightful uproar."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)