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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.32

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

2.35.32

tathā rudantīṃ kausalyāṃ rathaṃ tam anudhāvatīm
krośantīṃ rāma rāmeti hā sīte lakṣmaṇeti ca
asakṛt praikṣata tadā nṛtyantīm iva mātaram

So too he watched again and again his mother Kausalyā, weeping, running after the chariot, crying 'Rāma, Rāma! alas Sītā! Lakṣmaṇa!' — as though she were dancing.

Words: tathā — so, likewise; rudantīṃ — weeping; kausalyāṃ — Kausalyā; rathaṃ — chariot; tam — that; anudhāvatīm — running after; krośantīṃ — crying out; rāma rāmeti — 'Rāma, Rāma!' so; hā sīte — 'alas, Sītā!'; lakṣmaṇeti ca — 'and Lakṣmaṇa!' so; asakṛt — not once, repeatedly; praikṣata — looked at, watched; tadā — then; nṛtyantīm — dancing; iva — as if, like; mātaram — mother

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.