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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.36.5

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 palace women lament the departure of the person who protected them and treated them kindly

2.36.5

kaikeyyā kliśyamānena rājñā saṃcodito vanam
paritrātā janasyāsya jagataḥ kva nu gacchati

Driven to the forest by the king who is tormented by Kaikeyī, the deliverer of this people, of this world — where indeed does he go?

Words: kaikeyyā — by Kaikeyī; kliśyamānena — by (the king) being tormented; rājñā — by the king; saṃcodito — driven, urged; vanam — to the forest; paritrātā — the deliverer, protector; janasyāsya — of this people; jagataḥ — of the world; kva — where; nu — indeed; gacchati — goes

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.