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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.66.16

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

2.66.16

tataḥ śokena saṃvītaḥ pitur maraṇaduḥkhitaḥ
vilalāpa mahātejā bhrāntākulitacetanaḥ

Then, wrapped in grief and pained by his father's death, the greatly-splendid one lamented, his mind reeling and distraught.

Words: tataḥ — then; śokena — with grief; saṃvītaḥ — enveloped; pitur — of his father; maraṇaduḥkhitaḥ — pained by the death; vilalāpa — lamented; mahātejā — the greatly splendid; bhrāntākulitacetanaḥ — his mind reeling and distraught

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.