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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.51.30

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.

2.51.30

tatas tam antaḥpuranādam utthitaṃ samīkṣya vṛddhās taruṇāś ca mānavāḥ
striyaś ca sarvā ruruduḥ samantataḥ puraṃ tadāsīt punar eva saṃkulam

Then, perceiving that clamour risen up from the inner apartments, the old folk and the young, and all the women, wept on every side; and the city was once again thrown into turmoil.

Words: tatas — then; tam — that; antaḥpuranādam — the clamour of the inner apartments; utthitaṃ — risen up, arisen; samīkṣya — having perceived, seen; vṛddhās — the old; taruṇāś — the young; ca — and; mānavāḥ — people, men; striyaś — women; ca — and; sarvā — all; ruruduḥ — wept; samantataḥ — on every side; puraṃ — the city; tadāsīt — then became; punar — again; eva — very, indeed; saṃkulam — in turmoil, thronged

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.