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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.60.8
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: she worries about Rāma and Sītā and imagines Janaka's grief when he hears what has happened
2.60.8
rāmaḥ kamalapatrākṣo jīvanāśam ito gataḥ
videharājasya sutā tahā sītā tapasvinī
duḥkhasyānucitā duḥkhaṃ vane paryudvijiṣyati
Lotus-eyed Rāma has gone from here to the ruin of his living; and likewise the daughter of Videha's king, poor Sītā, unused to sorrow, will be sorely distressed by misery in the forest.
Words: rāmaḥ — Rāma; kamalapatrākṣo — lotus-petal-eyed; jīvanāśam — to the loss of livelihood; ito — from here; gataḥ — gone; videharājasya — of the king of Videha; sutā — daughter; tahā — likewise; sītā — Sītā; tapasvinī — poor, suffering; duḥkhasyānucitā — unaccustomed to sorrow; duḥkhaṃ — misery, sorrow; vane — in the forest; paryudvijiṣyati — will be sorely distressed, terrified
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.