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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 31: A throne or one more night. Daśaratha urges Rāma to take the Kingdom, then begs him to stay overnight, Rāma refuses to delay the promise

In the sequence: he rises to meet Rāma but faints before reaching him → Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa lift him, and with Sītā help him onto the couch

2.31.13

sa rājā putram āyāntaṃ dṛṣṭvā dūrāt kṛtāñjalim
utpapātāsanāt tūrṇam ārtaḥ strījanasaṃvṛtaḥ

That king, seeing his son approaching from afar with joined palms, sprang up quickly from his seat, distressed, surrounded by the throng of women.

Words: sa rājā — that king; putram āyāntaṃ — his son approaching; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; dūrāt — from afar; kṛtāñjalim — with joined palms; utpapātāsanāt — sprang up from his seat; tūrṇam — quickly; ārtaḥ — distressed; strījanasaṃvṛtaḥ — surrounded by the throng of women

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.