Chapter 83 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 83

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 83.10

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा राघवः शोकमूर्च्छितः। निपपात तदा भूमौ छिन्नमूल इव द्रुमः॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāghavaḥ śokamūrcchitaḥ| nipapāta tadā bhūmau chinnamūla iva drumaḥ||

English Meaning

Hearing these words of his, Raghava, overwhelmed with grief, dropped down to the earth, like a tree whose roots have been severed.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)