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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.69.5

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: Hearing Bharata, Kausalyā goes to see him as he and Śatrughna also approach her; the brothers support her when she collapses

2.69.5

tataḥ śatrughna bharatau kausalyāṃ prekṣya duḥkhitau
paryaṣvajetāṃ duḥkhārtāṃ patitāṃ naṣṭacetanām

Then Śatrughna and Bharata, grieving as they beheld Kausalyā—afflicted with sorrow, fallen, her consciousness lost—embraced her.

Words: tataḥ — then; śatrughna bharatau — Śatrughna and Bharata (dual); kausalyāṃ — Kausalyā; prekṣya — having beheld; duḥkhitau — grieving (both); paryaṣvajetāṃ — the two embraced; duḥkhārtāṃ — afflicted with sorrow; patitāṃ — fallen; naṣṭacetanām — her consciousness lost

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.