Verse 23·VR 2.42.23
शून्य चत्वर वेश्म अन्ताम् सम्वृत आपण देवताम् | क्लान्त दुर्बल दुह्ख आर्ताम् न अत्याकीर्ण महा पथाम् | ताम् अवेक्ष्य पुरीम् सर्वाम् रामम् एव अनुचिन्तयन् | विलपन् प्राविशद् राजा गृहम् सूर्यैव अम्बुदम् || २-४२-२३
mahaa hradam iva akShobhyam suparNena hR^ita uragam | raameNa rahitam veshma vaidehyaa lakShmaNena ca || 2-42-24
Translation
Seeing the entire city with its road-junctions and mansions deserted, its shops and temples closed, with its people exhausted with fatigue and plunged in affliction; its highways not very crowded ,the king entered his palace wailing and thinking of Rama alone as the sun enters a cloud.
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42
Dasaratha Feels Dejected
33 verses · Verse 23 of 33
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