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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.65.23

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 65: Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition. Janaka recounts Sītā’s birth, Śiva’s bow and the suitors’ failure, offering her hand to Rāma if he can string it

In the sequence: humiliated, they besieged Mithilā → after a year his resources were exhausted

1.65.23

tataḥ saṃvatsare pūrṇe kṣayaṃ yātāni sarvaśaḥ
sādhanāni munireṣṭha tato 'haṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ

Then, when a full year had passed, all my resources were entirely exhausted, O best of sages; and thereupon I was sorely distressed.

Words: tataḥ — then; saṃvatsare pūrṇe — when the year was complete; kṣayaṃ yātāni — came to exhaustion, destruction; sarvaśaḥ — entirely; sādhanāni — resources, means; munireṣṭha — O best of sages; tato — then; 'haṃ — I; bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ — sorely distressed

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.