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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.37.22

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: he asks to be taken to Kausalyā's rooms

2.37.22

mahāhradam ivākṣobhyaṃ suparṇena hṛtoragam
rāmeṇa rahitaṃ veśma vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca

The palace bereft of Rāma, of Vaidehī and of Lakṣmaṇa was like a great, unshakable lake whose serpents had been carried off by Garuḍa.

Words: mahāhradam — a great lake; ivākṣobhyaṃ — like an unshakable one; suparṇena — by Garuḍa (the fair-winged); hṛtoragam — whose serpents were carried off; rāmeṇa — of Rāma; rahitaṃ — bereft, deprived; veśma — the dwelling, palace; vaidehyā — of Vaidehī (Sītā); lakṣmaṇena ca — and of Lakṣmaṇa

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.