Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 118 Shloka 36

पार्थिवः the king, तां धर्षणाम् that humiliation, आत्मनि in him, अदूरस्थाम् not very far, दृष्ट्वा having observed, चिन्तार्णवगतः submerged in a sea of sorrow, अप्लवो यथा like one without a float, पारम् the shore, नाससाद did not reach.

Having perceived that the humiliation is not very far, king Janaka was plunged in a sea of sorrow like one who cannot reach the shore without a float.