Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 59: Discovery of Daśaratha’s death · 2.59.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.59.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 59: Discovery of Daśaratha’s death. Attendants arrive with the morning’s songs and offerings, find the King unresponsive and awaken the Queens to mourning

In the sequence: At dawn the palace staff arrive as usual with songs, bathwater, food, and ceremonial articles

2.59.1

atha rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ prātar evāpare 'hani
bandinaḥ paryupātiṣṭhaṃs tat pārthivaniveśanam

Now, when the night had passed, at dawn on the following day, the bards attended upon that royal dwelling.

Words: atha — now; rātryāṃ — the night; vyatītāyāṃ — having passed; prātar — at dawn; evāpare — on the very following; 'hani — day; bandinaḥ — the bards, panegyrists; paryupātiṣṭhaṃs — attended upon; tat — that; pārthivaniveśanam — the king's dwelling

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.