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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.34.3
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 34: Farewell to the Queens. Daśaratha orders the chariot and supplies for Sītā, Kausalyā counsels her and Rāma takes leave of his father’s wives
In the sequence: Seeing Rāma dressed as a tapasvin overwhelms Daśaratha, who wonders what past harm has brought this suffering upon him
2.34.3
sa muhūrtam ivāsaṃjño duḥkhitaś ca mahīpatiḥ
vilalāpa mahābāhū rāmam evānucintayan
That mighty-armed lord of the earth, for a moment as if senseless and stricken with grief, lamented, thinking only of Rāma.
Words: sa — he; muhūrtam — for a moment; ivāsaṃjño — as if senseless; duḥkhitaś ca — and stricken with grief; mahīpatiḥ — the lord of the earth; vilalāpa — lamented; mahābāhū — the mighty-armed one; rāmam — of Rāma; evānucintayan — thinking only of
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.