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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 9 Shloka 23
Original Shloka
मास्मैनं प्रत्युदीक्षेथा मा चैनमभिभाषथाः। रुदन्ती चापि तं दृष्ट्वा जगत्यां शोकलालसा।।2.9.23।।
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English Translation

तम् him (Dasaratha), दृष्ट्वा having seen, शोकलालसा absorbed in grief, रुदन्ती in tears, एनम् him, मा स्म प्रत्युदीक्षेथा: do not look at him, एनम् him, मा चैव अभिभाषथा: also do not talk with him.

English Commentary

Immersed in grief and in tears, neither look at him (Dasaratha) nor even talk to him when you see him.