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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.71.13

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

2.71.13

mantharā prabhavas tīvraḥ kaikeyīgrāhasaṃkulaḥ
varadānamayo 'kṣobhyo 'majjayac chokasāgaraḥ

The ocean of grief — originating from Mantharā, fierce, teeming with the crocodile Kaikeyī, made up of the granting of the boon, unfathomable — has drowned us.

Words: mantharā prabhavas — originating from Mantharā; tīvraḥ — fierce; kaikeyīgrāhasaṃkulaḥ — teeming with the crocodile Kaikeyī; varadānamayo — made up of the boon-granting; 'kṣobhyo — unfathomable, unassailable; 'majjayac — has drowned; chokasāgaraḥ — the ocean of grief

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.