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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.59.9

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

2.59.9

tāsām ākranda śabdena sahasodgatacetane
kausalyā ca sumitrāca tyaktanidre babhūvatuḥ

At the sound of their wailing, their senses starting up all at once, Kausalyā and Sumitrā were roused from sleep.

Words: tāsām — their; ākranda — of wailing; śabdena — by the sound; sahasodgatacetane — their consciousness suddenly risen (both); kausalyā — Kausalyā; ca — and; sumitrāca — and Sumitrā; tyaktanidre — having cast off sleep (both); babhūvatuḥ — the two became

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.