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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.53.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 53: Daśaratha’s remorse. Sumantra describes the horses’ reluctance and the country’s grief, Daśaratha regrets his uncounselled decision and begs to see Rāma

In the sequence: in Ayodhyā, people of every disposition seemed equally distressed

2.53.10

āyatair vimalair netrair aśruvegapariplutaiḥ
anyonyam abhivīkṣante vyaktam ārtatarāḥ striyaḥ

'With long, clear eyes flooded by a rush of tears, the women, plainly in deeper distress, gazed at one another.'

Words: āyatair — long, wide; vimalair — clear, spotless; netrair — with eyes; aśruvegapariplutaiḥ — flooded by a surge of tears; anyonyam — one another; abhivīkṣante — gaze at, look upon; vyaktam — plainly, clearly; ārtatarāḥ — in deeper distress; striyaḥ — the women

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.