Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 13 Shloka 16
Original Shlokaतथैवोष्णं विनिश्वस्य वृद्धो दशरथो नृपः।।2.13.16।। विललापार्तवद्युखं गगनासक्तलोचनः।
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English Translation
वृद्धः aged, दशरथः नृपः king Dasaratha, तथैव in that way only, उष्णम् hot, विनिश्श्वस्य heaving sighs, आर्तवत् like a sick man, गगनासक्तलोचनः looked at the sky with a fixed gaze, दुःखम् pitiably, विललाप lamented.
English Commentary
The old king Dasaratha, heaving hot sighs, started lamenting pitiably fixing his gaze at the sky like the sick: