तथा तु करुणं तस्य द्विजस्य परिदेवनम्। शुश्राव राघवः सर्वं दुःखशोकसमन्वितम्॥ स दुःखेन च संतप्तो मन्त्रिणस्तानुपाह्वयत्। वसिष्ठं वामदेवं च भ्रातृ॑श्च सह नैगमान्॥
tathā tu karuṇaṃ tasya dvijasya paridevanam| śuśrāva rāghavaḥ sarvaṃ duḥkhaśokasamanvitam|| sa duḥkhena ca saṃtapto mantriṇastānupāhvayat| vasiṣṭhaṃ vāmadevaṃ ca bhrātṛ̭śca saha naigamān||
English Meaning
Hearing those sorrowful words of the Brāhmaṇa, Rāma was greatly sorry and sent for Vasistha, Vamadeva, his brothers, citizens and councillors.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)