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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.59.6

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

2.59.6

tā vepathuparītāś ca rājñaḥ prāṇeṣu śaṅkitāḥ
pratisrotas tṛṇāgrāṇāṃ sadṛśaṃ saṃcakampire

Seized with trembling and fearful for the king's life, they shook like the tips of grasses in the current of a stream.

Words: tā — they; vepathuparītāś — seized with trembling; ca — and; rājñaḥ — of the king; prāṇeṣu — for the life-breaths; śaṅkitāḥ — fearful, anxious; pratisrotas — against the current; tṛṇāgrāṇāṃ — of the tips of grass; sadṛśaṃ — like; saṃcakampire — trembled, quivered

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.