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[Disappointed citizens return to Ayodhya.]

prabhātāyāṅ tu śarvaryāṅ paurāstē rāghavaṅ vinā.

śōkōpahataniścēṣṭā babhūvurhatacētasaḥ৷৷2.47.1৷৷

Translation

prabhātāyāṅ śarvaryām when the night advanced towards dawn, tē paurāḥ those citizens, rāghavaṅ vinā not beholding Rama, hatacētasaḥ deprived of their senses, śōkōpahatacētasaḥ crushed with grief, niścēṣṭāḥ babhūvuḥ were stunned.

When the night advanced towards dawn the citizens were stunned not to see the scion of the Raghus (Rama). Overwhelmed with sorrow they lost their senses.