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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.69.33
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 69: Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence. Suspected of seeking the Kingdom, Bharata invokes curses on anyone who approved the exile and wins her trust
In the sequence: he spends the night overwhelmed by grief.
2.69.33
evaṃ vilapamānasya duḥkhārtasya mahātmanaḥ
mohāc ca śokasaṃrodhād babhūva lulitaṃ manaḥ
As the great-souled one lamented thus, stricken with grief, his mind became distraught from bewilderment and the stifling of sorrow.
Words: evaṃ — thus; vilapamānasya — of the one lamenting; duḥkhārtasya — stricken with grief; mahātmanaḥ — great-souled; mohāc — from bewilderment; ca — and; śokasaṃrodhād — from the stifling of grief; babhūva — became; lulitaṃ — agitated, distraught; manaḥ — mind
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.