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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.37.24

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

2.37.24

tatas tatra praviṣṭasya kausalyāyā niveśanam
adhiruhyāpi śayanaṃ babhūva lulitaṃ manaḥ

Then, when he had entered there, into Kausalyā's abode, even as he climbed onto the couch his mind became distraught.

Words: tatas — then; tatra — there; praviṣṭasya — of him having entered; kausalyāyā — of Kausalyā; niveśanam — the abode, dwelling; adhiruhyāpi — even having climbed onto; śayanaṃ — the couch, bed; babhūva — became; lulitaṃ — agitated, distraught; manaḥ — the mind

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.