Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 37: Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī · 2.37.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.37.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 37: Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī. The chariot’s dust disappears, Daśaratha falls, rejects Kaikeyī’s touch and returns to Kausalyā as his sight fails

In the sequence: Daśaratha watches until even the dust from Rāma's chariot disappears, then falls to the ground

2.37.1

yāvat tu niryatas tasya rajorūpam adṛśyata
naivekṣvākuvaras tāvat saṃjahārātmacakṣuṣī

As long as the dust-cloud of his departing was still seen, so long did the best of the Ikṣvākus not withdraw his eyes.

Words: yāvat — as long as; tu — but; niryatas — of him going forth; tasya — of him, his; rajorūpam — the form of dust, dust-cloud; adṛśyata — was seen, appeared; naivekṣvākuvaras — the best of the Ikṣvākus not; tāvat — so long; saṃjahārātmacakṣuṣī — withdrew his own two eyes

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.