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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.60.17

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.

2.60.17

bāṣpaparyākulajanā hāhābhūtakulāṅganā
śūnyacatvaraveśmāntā na babhrāja yathāpuram

Its people bewildered with tears, its noble women crying 'Alas!', its squares and houses left desolate, the city no longer shone as before.

Words: bāṣpaparyākulajanā — its people confounded with tears; hāhābhūtakulāṅganā — its noble women crying 'alas!'; śūnyacatvaraveśmāntā — with empty squares and house-interiors; na babhrāja — did not shine; yathāpuram — as before

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.