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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.60.11

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 60: Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil. Kausalyā blames Kaikeyī, the ministers place the body in an oil trough and await a son before cremation

In the sequence: the ministers preserve Daśaratha's body in a trough of oil and guard it, postponing cremation until his son is present

2.60.11

tāṃ tataḥ saṃpariṣvajya vilapantīṃ tapasvinīm
vyapaninyuḥ suduḥkhārtāṃ kausalyāṃ vyāvahārikāḥ

Then the household attendants, embracing the wretched, lamenting Kausalyā, sorely stricken with grief, led her away.

Words: tāṃ — her; tataḥ — then; saṃpariṣvajya — having embraced; vilapantīṃ — lamenting; tapasvinīm — wretched, poor; vyapaninyuḥ — led away; suduḥkhārtāṃ — sorely afflicted with grief; kausalyāṃ — Kausalyā; vyāvahārikāḥ — the attendants (managing affairs)

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.