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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.28

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 35: The chariot departs. Sumitrā counsels Lakṣmaṇa, crowds and parents follow, Daśaratha calls for a halt while Rāma urges Sumantra onward

In the sequence: Daśaratha and Kausalyā also follow on foot

2.35.28

hā rāmeti janāḥ ke cid rāmamāteti cāpare
antaḥpuraṃ samṛddhaṃ ca krośantaṃ paryadevayan

'Alas, Rāma!' cried some people, and others 'Alas, Rāma's mother!'; and they lamented over the flourishing inner apartments now crying aloud.

Words: hā rāmeti — 'Alas, Rāma!' so; janāḥ — people; ke cid — some; rāmamāteti — 'Alas, Rāma's mother!' so; cāpare — and others; antaḥpuraṃ — the inner apartments, harem; samṛddhaṃ — flourishing, prosperous; ca — and; krośantaṃ — crying aloud; paryadevayan — they lamented over, bewailed

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.