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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.59.13

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: his wives gather around the body, and the palace fills with mourning.

2.59.13

sadyo nipatitānandaṃ dīnaviklavadarśanam
babhūva naradevasya sadma diṣṭāntam īyuṣaḥ

suddenly became joyless and of piteous, distraught aspect — the dwelling of that king, who had met his destined end.

Words: sadyo — suddenly; nipatitānandaṃ — its joy fallen away; dīnaviklavadarśanam — of piteous, distraught aspect; babhūva — became; naradevasya — of the king (man-god); sadma — the dwelling; diṣṭāntam — his destined end; īyuṣaḥ — who had reached

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.