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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.36.16

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: his friends remain overcome in their beds, and fear settles over Ayodhyā.

2.36.16

ye tu rāmasya suhṛdaḥ sarve te mūḍhacetasaḥ
śokabhāreṇa cākrāntāḥ śayanaṃ na juhus tadā

But those who were Rāma's friends, all of them, dazed in mind and overwhelmed by the weight of grief, did not forsake their beds that day.

Words: ye — who; tu — but; rāmasya — of Rāma; suhṛdaḥ — friends; sarve — all; te — they; mūḍhacetasaḥ — dazed in mind; śokabhāreṇa — by the burden of grief; cākrāntāḥ — and oppressed, overwhelmed; śayanaṃ — the bed, couch; na juhus — did not forsake, leave; tadā — then, that day

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.