Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 14: Daśaratha Grants Kaikeyī her two Boons
Text 2.14.18
न च शक्नोम्यहं द्रष्टुं दृष्ट्वा पूर्वं तथासुखम्।
हतहर्षं निरानन्दं पुनर्जनमवाङ्मुखम्॥
na ca śaknomy ahaṁ draṣṭuṁ dṛṣṭvā pūrvaṁ tathā-sukham
hata-harṣaṁ nirānandaṁ punar janam avāṅ-mukham
na ca śaknomi = cannot; aham = I; draṣṭum = see; dṛṣṭvā = having seen; pūrvam = previously; tathā-sukham = so happy; hata-harṣam = now devoid of delight; nirānandam = or happiness; punaḥ = them; janam = people; avāk-mukham = with their faces turned downward.
Having previously seen people so happy, I cannot see them now devoid of delight or happiness, with their faces turned downward.