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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.37.3

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: Daśaratha watches until even the dust from Rāma's chariot disappears, then falls to the ground

2.37.3

na paśyati rajo 'py asya yadā rāmasya bhūmipaḥ
tadārtaś ca viṣaṇṇaś ca papāta dharaṇītale

When the lord of the earth could no longer see even the dust of Rāma, then, afflicted and dejected, he fell to the ground.

Words: na paśyati — does not see; rajo 'py — even the dust; asya — of him, his; yadā — when; rāmasya — of Rāma; bhūmipaḥ — the lord of the earth (king); tadārtaś ca — then afflicted and; viṣaṇṇaś ca — and dejected; papāta — fell; dharaṇītale — on the surface of the earth

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.