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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.59.10
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: Kausalyā and Sumitrā wake, see and touch him, and collapse in grief
2.59.10
kausalyā ca sumitrā ca dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvā ca pārthivam
hā nātheti parikruśya petatur dharaṇītale
Kausalyā and Sumitrā, seeing and touching the king, cried out 'Alas, my lord!' and fell to the ground.
Words: kausalyā — Kausalyā; ca — and; sumitrā — Sumitrā; ca — and; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; spṛṣṭvā — having touched; ca — and; pārthivam — the king; hā nātheti — 'alas, O lord!' thus; parikruśya — having cried out; petatur — the two fell; dharaṇītale — on the ground
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.