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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.70.7

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: Bharata grieves over the decisions made during his absence and asks who will now protect the Kingdom

2.70.7

kva yāsyasi mahārāja hitvemaṃ duḥkhitaṃ janam
hīnaṃ puruṣasiṃhena rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā

Where will you go, O great king, forsaking these grieving folk, bereft of Rāma, the lion among men, of untiring deeds?

Words: kva — where; yāsyasi — will you go; mahārāja — O great king; hitvemaṃ — forsaking these; duḥkhitaṃ — grieving; janam — people, folk; hīnaṃ — bereft, deprived; puruṣasiṃhena — of the lion among men; rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā — of Rāma of untiring deeds

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.