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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.70.5

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 70: Daśaratha’s cremation. The body is lifted from oil and carried to a fragrant-wood pyre, the family offers water in the Sarayū and begins ten days of mourning

In the sequence: the body is lifted from the oil and placed on an ornamented couch

2.70.5

niveśya śayane cāgrye nānāratnapariṣkṛte
tato daśarathaṃ putro vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ

having laid Daśaratha on a splendid couch adorned with all manner of jewels, the son, sorely stricken, then lamented over him:

Words: niveśya — having laid down; śayane — on a couch; cāgrye — and splendid, foremost; nānāratnapariṣkṛte — adorned with various jewels; tato — then; daśarathaṃ — Daśaratha; putro — the son; vilalāpa — lamented; suduḥkhitaḥ — sorely grieved

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.