Chapter 73 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 73.12

एवं बहुविधैर्वाक्यैरुपरुध्य मुहुर्मुहुः। राजानं दुःखसंतप्तः सुतं तमुपगृहति॥

evaṃ bahuvidhairvākyairuparudhya muhurmuhuḥ| rājānaṃ duḥkhasaṃtaptaḥ sutaṃ tamupagṛhati||

English Meaning

Being overwhelmed with sorrow that old Brāhmaṇa again and again remonstrated with the king in these 'piteous words and afterwards covered the dead body (of his son.)

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)