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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.37.27

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: on her couch he calls for Rāma and asks her to touch him because he can no longer see her clearly → she sits beside him and weeps.

2.37.27

na tvāṃ paśyāmi kausalye sādhu māṃ pāṇinā spṛśa
rāmaṃ me 'nugatā dṛṣṭir adyāpi na nivartate

I cannot see you, Kausalyā; pray touch me with your hand. My sight, gone after Rāma, does not return even now.

Words: na tvāṃ paśyāmi — I do not see you; kausalye — O Kausalyā; sādhu — pray, kindly; māṃ — me; pāṇinā — with the hand; spṛśa — touch; rāmaṃ — Rāma; me — my; 'nugatā — gone after, following; dṛṣṭir — sight, gaze; adyāpi — even now, even today; na nivartate — does not return

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.