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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.51.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 51: Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā. Citizens surround the empty chariot, news of Rāma’s crossing renews their grief and Daśaratha collapses on receiving his message

In the sequence: he tells them that he left the travelers at the Gaṅgā and that they have crossed it → the news renews the city's grief

2.51.10

śuśrāva ca vacas teṣāṃ vṛndaṃ vṛndaṃ ca tiṣṭhatām
hatāḥ sma khalu ye neha paśyāma iti rāghavam

And he heard the words of those standing crowd upon crowd: 'We are surely undone, we who no longer see Rāghava here.'

Words: śuśrāva — heard; ca — and; vacas — the words; teṣāṃ — of them; vṛndaṃ vṛndaṃ — crowd upon crowd; ca — and; tiṣṭhatām — of (them) standing; hatāḥ — undone, ruined; sma — indeed (we are); khalu — surely; ye — who; neha — not here; paśyāma — we see; iti — thus; rāghavam — Rāghava

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.