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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.71.11

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: Śatrughna also collapses, recalling Daśaratha's affection and blaming the crisis that began with Mantharā

2.71.11

śatrughnaś cāpi bharataṃ dṛṣṭvā śokapariplutam
visaṃjño nyapatad bhūmau bhūmipālam anusmaran

And Śatrughna too, seeing Bharata drowned in grief, fell senseless to the ground, remembering the king their father.

Words: śatrughnaś cāpi — and Śatrughna too; bharataṃ — Bharata; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; śokapariplutam — drowned in grief; visaṃjño — senseless; nyapatad — fell down; bhūmau — on the ground; bhūmipālam — the king (protector of the earth); anusmaran — remembering

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.