Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 57: Sumantra Returns to Ayodhyā
Text 2.57.18
हर्म्यैर्विमानैः प्रासादैरवेक्ष्याथ समागतम्।
हाहाकारकृता नार्यो रामादर्शनकर्शिताः॥
harmyair vimānaiḥ prāsādair avekṣyātha samāgatam
hā-hā-kāra-kṛtā nāryo rāmādarśana-karśitāḥ
harmyaiḥ = in mansions; vimānaiḥ = seven-storied homes 1; prāsādaiḥ = and palaces; avekṣya = noticed that; atha samāgatam = Sumantra had arrived without Rāma; hā-hā-kāra-kṛtāḥ = and loudly cried out, ‘alas, alas”; nāryaḥ = women; rāma-adarśana-karśitāḥ = emaciated by not seeing Rāma.
Women in mansions, seven-storied homes and palaces, emaciated by not seeing Rāma, noticed that Sumantra had arrived without Rāma and loudly cried out, “Alas, alas!”