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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.59.11

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

2.59.11

sā kosalendraduhitā veṣṭamānā mahītale
na babhrāja rajodhvastā tāreva gaganacyutā

That daughter of the Kosala king (Kausalyā), writhing on the ground, dust-covered, shone no more, like a star fallen from the sky.

Words: sā — she; kosalendraduhitā — daughter of the Kosala lord; veṣṭamānā — writhing, rolling; mahītale — on the ground; na — not; babhrāja — shone; rajodhvastā — covered with dust; tāreva — like a star; gaganacyutā — fallen from the sky

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.