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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.16.35

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 16: Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile. Kaikeyī explains the boons, Rāma agrees, asks for Bharata’s return and leaves to speak to Kausalyā & Sītā

In the sequence: Rāma asks that Bharata be summoned and Daśaratha comforted → Kaikeyī presses him to leave quickly, saying the King will neither eat nor bathe until he has gone → Daśaratha collapses again, and Rāma helps him up

2.16.35

tad āśvāsaya hīmaṃ tvaṃ kiṃ nv idaṃ yan mahīpatiḥ
vasudhāsaktanayano mandam aśrūṇi muñcati

“So do you comfort him; why is it that the lord of earth, his eyes fixed on the ground, gently sheds tears?”

Words: tad — so, therefore; āśvāsaya — comfort, console; hīmaṃ — indeed this; tvaṃ — you; kiṃ — why; nv — indeed; idaṃ — this; yan — that; mahīpatiḥ — the lord of earth; vasudhāsaktanayano — his eyes fixed on the earth; mandam — gently, softly; aśrūṇi — tears; muñcati — sheds, lets fall

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.