
Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 42, Verse 22
Ramayana 2.42.22
इत्येवं विलपन् राजा जनौघेनाभिसंवृतः।अपस्नात इवारिष्टं प्रविवेश पुरोत्तमम्।।।।
ity evaṃ vilapan rājā janaughenābhisaṃvṛtaḥ | apasnāta ivāriṣṭaṃ praviveśa purottamam ||
Lamenting thus, the king—hemmed in by throngs of people—entered the foremost of cities, like one who has taken an inauspicious bath, as though marked by impending calamity.