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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.66.15

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 66: Kaikeyī’s disclosure. Bharata learns that Daśaratha died calling for the exiles, Kaikeyī admits arranging Rāma’s banishment and urges him to claim the throne

In the sequence: Bharata falls to the ground in grief

2.66.15

tac chrutvā bharato vākyaṃ dharmābhijanavāñ śuciḥ
papāta sahasā bhūmau pitṛśokabalārditaḥ

Hearing that speech, Bharata — of righteous lineage, pure — suddenly fell to the ground, tormented by the force of grief for his father.

Words: tac chrutvā — having heard that; bharato — Bharata; vākyaṃ — the speech; dharmābhijanavāñ — of righteous lineage; śuciḥ — pure; papāta — fell; sahasā — suddenly; bhūmau — to the ground; pitṛśokabalārditaḥ — tormented by the force of grief for his father

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.