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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 47 Shloka 12

Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 47 Shloka 12

Original Shloka
इतीव बहुधा वाचो बाहुमुद्यम्य ते जनाः। विलपन्ति स्म दुःखार्ता विवत्सा इव धेनवः।।2.47.12।।
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English Translation

ते जनाः those people, दुःखार्ताः distressed men with grief, बाहुम् arms, उद्यम्य having uplifted, बहुधा in many ways, इतीव like this, वाचः words, विवत्साः deprived of calves, धेनवः इव like cows, विलपन्ति स्म lamented.

English Commentary

All of them with grief distressed, and with their arms thrown up lamented like cows deprived of their calves.