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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.36.6

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

2.36.6

aho niścetano rājā jīvalokasya saṃpriyam
dharmyaṃ satyavrataṃ rāmaṃ vanavāso pravatsyati

Alas, the king is senseless, that Rāma — beloved of the world of the living, righteous, true to his vows — shall dwell in the forest!

Words: aho — alas!; niścetano — senseless, without feeling; rājā — the king; jīvalokasya — of the world of the living; saṃpriyam — dearly beloved; dharmyaṃ — righteous, lawful; satyavrataṃ — true to his vows; rāmaṃ — Rāma; vanavāso — forest-dwelling; pravatsyati — (that he) shall go to dwell

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.