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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.60.14

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 palace and city continue mourning, and the people openly condemn Kaikeyī.

2.60.14

tailadroṇyāṃ tu sacivaiḥ śāyitaṃ taṃ narādhipam
hā mṛto 'yam iti jñātvā striyas tāḥ paryadevayan

And realizing 'Alas, he is dead!' — the lord of men laid by the ministers in the oil-trough — those women wailed aloud.

Words: tailadroṇyāṃ — in the oil-trough; tu — and; sacivaiḥ — by the ministers; śāyitaṃ — laid to rest; taṃ — that; narādhipam — the lord of men; hā — alas; mṛto 'yam — he is dead; iti — thus; jñātvā — having realized; striyas — the women; tāḥ — those; paryadevayan — lamented, wailed

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.