Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 65: Daśaratha’s Wives Lament About his Departure
Text 2.65.20
ततः प्रचुक्रुशुर्दीनाः सस्वरं ता वराङ्गनाः।
करेणव इवारण्ये स्थानप्रच्युतयूथपाः॥
tataḥ pracukruśur dīnāḥ sasvaraṁ tā varāṅganāḥ
kareṇava ivāraṇye sthāna-pracyuta-yūthapāḥ
tataḥ = then; pracukruśuḥ = cried; dīnāḥ = poor; sasvaram = loudly; tāḥ vara-aṅganāḥ = the queens; kareṇavaḥ = she-elephants; iva = like; araṇye = in a forest; sthāna-pracyuta-yūthapāḥ = when their leading male mate is taken away from their residence.
The poor queens then cried loudly like she-elephants in a forest when their leading male mate is taken away from their residence.