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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.59.5

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: attendants approach to wake Daśaratha and realize that he is dead → their cries spread through the rooms

2.59.5

atha yāḥ kosalendrasya śayanaṃ pratyanantarāḥ
tāḥ striyas tu samāgamya bhartāraṃ pratyabodhayan

Now those women who were closest to the bed of the Kosala king, gathering together, sought to waken their lord.

Words: atha — now; yāḥ — who; kosalendrasya — of the Kosala lord; śayanaṃ — bed; pratyanantarāḥ — closest beside; tāḥ — those; striyas — women; tu — indeed; samāgamya — having gathered together; bhartāraṃ — the lord, husband; pratyabodhayan — sought to waken

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.