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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.14

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

2.31.14

so 'bhidudrāva vegena rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā viśāṃ patiḥ
tam asaṃprāpya duḥkhārtaḥ papāta bhuvi mūrchitaḥ

That lord of the people, seeing Rāma, rushed toward him with speed; but not reaching him, stricken with grief, he fell swooning to the ground.

Words: so — he; 'bhidudrāva — rushed toward; vegena — with speed; rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā — seeing Rāma; viśāṃ patiḥ — lord of the people; tam asaṃprāpya — not reaching him; duḥkhārtaḥ — stricken with grief; papāta — fell; bhuvi — on the ground; mūrchitaḥ — swooning, fainted

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.