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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.29

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

2.35.29

anvīkṣamāṇo rāmas tu viṣaṇṇaṃ bhrāntacetasaṃ
rājānaṃ mātaraṃ caiva dadarśānugatau pathi
dharmapāśena saṃkṣiptaḥ prakāśaṃ nābhyudaikṣata

But Rāma, looking back, saw the king dejected and confused in mind and his mother too, both following on the road; bound fast by the noose of duty, he did not look at them openly.

Words: anvīkṣamāṇo — looking back, gazing after; rāmas tu — but Rāma; viṣaṇṇaṃ — dejected, downcast; bhrāntacetasaṃ — confused in mind; rājānaṃ — the king; mātaraṃ caiva — and his mother too; dadarśānugatau — saw the two following; pathi — on the road; dharmapāśena — by the noose of duty; saṃkṣiptaḥ — bound, drawn tight; prakāśaṃ — openly, in the open; nābhyudaikṣata — did not gaze up at, look at

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.