svān svān - their own respective husbands; bandhūn - friends; pariṣvajya - embracing; lakṣmaṇa-iṣubhiḥ - by the arrows of Lakṣmaṇa; arditān - who were killed; ruruduḥ - all the wives cried piteously; su-svaram - it was very sweet to hear; dīnāḥ - very poor; ghnantyaḥ - striking; ātmānam - their breasts; ātmanā - by themselves.

Striking their breasts in affliction because their husbands had been killed by the arrows of Lakṣmaṇa, the women embraced their respective husbands and cried piteously in voices appealing to everyone.