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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.15
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
2.31.15
taṃ rāmo 'bhyapātat kṣipraṃ lakṣmaṇaś ca mahārathaḥ
visaṃjñam iva duḥkhena saśokaṃ nṛpatiṃ tadā
Rāma quickly hastened toward him, as did Lakṣmaṇa the great warrior — toward the sorrowing king who was as if senseless with grief.
Words: taṃ — him; rāmo — Rāma; 'bhyapātat — hastened toward; kṣipraṃ — quickly; lakṣmaṇaś ca — and Lakṣmaṇa; mahārathaḥ — the great chariot-warrior; visaṃjñam iva — as if senseless; duḥkhena — with grief; saśokaṃ — sorrowing; nṛpatiṃ — the king; tadā — then
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.