Chapter 115 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 115

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 115.23

ततः प्रियाहश्रवणा तदप्रियं प्रियादुपश्रुत्य चिरस्य मानिनी। मुमोच बाष्पं रुदती तदा भृशं गजेन्द्रहस्ताभिहतेव वल्लरी॥

tataḥ priyāhaśravaṇā tadapriyaṃ priyādupaśrutya cirasya māninī| mumoca bāṣpaṃ rudatī tadā bhṛśaṃ gajendrahastābhihateva vallarī||

English Meaning

Thereupon hearing those unpleasant words from her beloved (husband) Sītā, always sensitive and who had never heard such unpleasant words, trembling like a creeper torn by the trunk of an elephant, began to weep shedding tears profusely.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)