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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.53.4

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: he describes the country as grieving with its people: trees wilted, creatures quiet, ponds clouded, and flowers without their former freshness

2.53.4

viṣaye te mahārāja rāmavyasanakarśitāḥ
api vṛkṣāḥ parimlānaḥ sapuṣpāṅkurakorakāḥ

'In your realm, O great king, even the trees, wasted by grief at Rāma's calamity, have wilted, along with their flowers, shoots, and buds.'

Words: viṣaye — in the realm, territory; te — your; mahārāja — O great king; rāmavyasanakarśitāḥ — wasted by grief at Rāma's calamity; api — even; vṛkṣāḥ — the trees; parimlānaḥ — wilted, withered; sapuṣpāṅkurakorakāḥ — with their flowers, shoots, and buds

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.