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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.71.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 71: Daśaratha’s remaining rites. Bharata performs śrāddha and distributes gifts, the brothers grieve over the ashes and bones, Vasiṣṭha & Sumantra help them complete their duties

In the sequence: the sight of ashes and bones overwhelms him

2.71.10

abhipetus tataḥ sarve tasyāmātyāḥ śucivratam
antakāle nipatitaṃ yayātim ṛṣayo yathā

Then all his ministers rushed up to him of pure vows as he lay fallen, just as the seers came to Yayāti fallen at his life's end.

Words: abhipetus — rushed up; tataḥ — then; sarve — all; tasyāmātyāḥ — his ministers; śucivratam — him of pure vows; antakāle — at the time of death; nipatitaṃ — fallen; yayātim — Yayāti; ṛṣayo yathā — as the seers

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.