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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.106.24

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 106: Bharata returns without Rāma. Ayodhyā resembles an extinguished fire and deserted altar, he laments its emptiness and reaches Daśaratha’s residence

In the sequence: lamenting Rāma's absence, he reaches Daśaratha's residence, now empty of the King.

2.106.24

evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ jalpan viveśa vasatiṃ pituḥ
tena hīnāṃ narendreṇa siṃhahīnāṃ guhām iva

Lamenting thus in many ways, he entered his father's dwelling, bereft of that lord of men — like a cave bereft of its lion.

Words: evaṃ — thus; bahuvidhaṃ — in many ways; jalpan — muttering, lamenting; viveśa — entered; vasatiṃ — the dwelling; pituḥ — of the father; tena — that; hīnāṃ — bereft; narendreṇa — of the lord of men; siṃhahīnāṃ — bereft of its lion; guhām iva — like a cave

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.