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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.36.15

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 36: Ayodhyā falls into mourning. Palace women lament, offerings and daily activity cease, animals refuse food and the city loses its joy

In the sequence: the narrative extends the disturbance to wind, moon, and sun, while families think only of Rāma

2.36.15

anarthinaḥ sutāḥ strīṇāṃ bhartāro bhrātaras tathā
sarve sarvaṃ parityajya rāmam evānvacintayan

The women's sons had no wants, and so their husbands and brothers; all of them, abandoning everything, thought only of Rāma.

Words: anarthinaḥ — without wants, indifferent; sutāḥ — sons; strīṇāṃ — of the women; bhartāro — husbands; bhrātaras tathā — and brothers likewise; sarve — all; sarvaṃ — everything; parityajya — having abandoned; rāmam — Rāma; evānvacintayan — thought only of

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.