Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 41: Ayodhyā Suffers After Rāma’s Departure
Text 2.41.7
इति सर्वा महिष्यस्ता विवत्सा इव धेनवः।
रुरुदुश्चैव दुःखार्ताः सस्वरं च विचुक्रुशुः॥
iti sarvā mahiṣyas tā vivatsā iva dhenavaḥ
ruruduś caiva duḥkhārtāḥ sasvaraṁ ca vicukruśuḥ
iti = in this way; sarvāḥ mahiṣyaḥ tāḥ = all the queens; vivatsāḥ = bereft of their calves; iva = like; dhenavaḥ = cows; ruruduḥ ca eva = cried; duḥkha-ārtāḥ = distressed in sorrow; sasvaram = loudly; ca = and; vicukruśuḥ = lamented.
Like cows bereft of their calves, all the queens, distressed in sorrow, cried and loudly lamented in this way.