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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.51.26

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: Kausalyā and Sumitrā lift him → Kausalyā urges him to question the messenger freely, then is herself overcome.

2.51.26

adyemam anayaṃ kṛtvā vyapatrapasi rāghava
uttiṣṭha sukṛtaṃ te 'stu śoke na syāt sahāyatā

'Now that you have done this wrong, Rāghava, are you ashamed? Rise up! May good come to you; grief will bring you no help.'

Words: adyemam — now this; anayaṃ — wrong, injustice, misconduct; kṛtvā — having done; vyapatrapasi — are you ashamed; rāghava — O Rāghava (Daśaratha); uttiṣṭha — rise up; sukṛtaṃ — good, welfare; te — to you; 'stu — let it be; śoke — in grief; na — not; syāt — there would be; sahāyatā — help, assistance

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.