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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.51.28

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.

2.51.28

sā tathoktvā mahārājaṃ kausalyā śokalālasā
dharaṇyāṃ nipapātāśu bāṣpaviplutabhāṣiṇī

Having spoken thus to the great king, Kausalyā, faint with longing in her grief, her speech drowned in tears, fell straightway to the ground.

Words: sā — she; tathoktvā — having so spoken; mahārājaṃ — the great king; kausalyā — Kausalyā; śokalālasā — faint with longing in grief; dharaṇyāṃ — on the ground; nipapātāśu — fell straightway; bāṣpaviplutabhāṣiṇī — her speech drowned in tears

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.