Chapter 58 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 58.124

इति शोकसमाविष्टश्चिन्तामहमुपागतः। ततोऽहं वाचमश्रौषं चारणानां शुभाक्षराम्॥ जानकी न च दग्धेति विस्मयोदन्तभाषिणाम्।

iti śokasamāviṣṭaścintāmahamupāgataḥ| tato'haṃ vācamaśrauṣaṃ cāraṇānāṃ śubhākṣarām|| jānakī na ca dagdheti vismayodantabhāṣiṇām|

English Meaning

While I reflecting thus, being overwhelmed with grief, I heard the auspicious was accents of the Caranas, exciting my wonder, Jänaki has not been burnt down.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)