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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.55.7

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 55: Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha. She fears Rāma will reject Bharata’s former Kingdom even after returning, Daśaratha collapses and recalls his past wrongdoing

In the sequence: she longs to see Rāma and wonders how her heart has survived the separation

2.55.7

mahendradhvajasaṃkāśaḥ kva nu śete mahābhujaḥ
bhujaṃ parighasaṃkāśam upadhāya mahābalaḥ

“Where now does he lie, the mighty-armed one like great Indra's banner, the man of great strength, pillowing his head on an arm resembling an iron bar?

Words: mahendradhvajasaṃkāśaḥ — like great Indra's banner; kva — where; nu — now, pray; śete — lies, rests; mahābhujaḥ — the mighty-armed one; bhujaṃ — the arm; parighasaṃkāśam — resembling an iron bar; upadhāya — having pillowed, laid under (his head); mahābalaḥ — the one of great strength

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.