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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.37.13

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: Kausalyā helps him up and leads him back as he stops along the chariot tracks

2.37.13

vilalāpa ca duḥkhārtaḥ priyaṃ putram anusmaran
nagarāntam anuprāptaṃ buddhvā putram athābravīt

And, stricken with grief, he lamented, remembering his dear son; realizing that his son had reached the city's edge, he then said:

Words: vilalāpa — lamented, wailed; ca — and; duḥkhārtaḥ — stricken with grief; priyaṃ — dear; putram — son; anusmaran — remembering; nagarāntam — the edge of the city; anuprāptaṃ — having reached, arrived at; buddhvā — having realized, perceived; putram — son; athābravīt — then said

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.