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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.16

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

2.31.16

strīsahasraninādaś ca saṃjajñe rājaveśmani
hāhā rāmeti sahasā bhūṣaṇadhvanimūrchitaḥ

And a clamour of a thousand women arose suddenly in the royal palace — “Alas, alas, Rāma!” — mingled with the jingling of ornaments.

Words: strīsahasraninādaś ca — and the clamour of a thousand women; saṃjajñe — arose; rājaveśmani — in the royal palace; hāhā — alas, alas; rāmeti — “Rāma!” (they cried); sahasā — suddenly; bhūṣaṇadhvanimūrchitaḥ — swollen with the sound of ornaments

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.