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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.37.23

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

2.37.23

kausalyāyā gṛhaṃ śīghraṃ rāma mātur nayantu mām
iti bruvantaṃ rājānam anayan dvāradarśitaḥ

'Take me quickly to the house of Kausalyā, Rāma's mother!' — as the king spoke thus, those shown the way by the doorkeepers led him there.

Words: kausalyāyā — of Kausalyā; gṛhaṃ — to the house; śīghraṃ — quickly; rāma mātur — of Rāma's mother; nayantu — let (them) lead; mām — me; iti — thus; bruvantaṃ — speaking; rājānam — the king; anayan — they led; dvāradarśitaḥ — directed by the doorkeepers (shown at the door)

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.