Chapter 73 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 73.2

ततः कतिपयाहःसु वृद्धो जानपदो द्विजः। मृतं बालमुपादाय राजद्वारमुपागमत्॥

tataḥ katipayāhaḥsu vṛddho jānapado dvijaḥ| mṛtaṃ bālamupādāya rājadvāramupāgamat||

English Meaning

Some days having passed in this wise-a villager, an old Brālimaņa, arrived at the palace gate with a dead boy.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)