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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.71.12

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

2.71.12

unmatta iva niścetā vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ
smṛtvā pitur guṇāṅgāni tāni tāni tadā tadā

Like one gone mad and out of his senses, deeply grieved, he lamented, recalling again and again those many virtues of his father.

Words: unmatta iva — like one mad; niścetā — out of his senses; vilalāpa — lamented; suduḥkhitaḥ — deeply grieved; smṛtvā — having recalled; pitur — of his father; guṇāṅgāni — the marks of virtue, good qualities; tāni tāni — those various ones; tadā tadā — again and again, at each moment

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.