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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.71.14

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

2.71.14

sukumāraṃ ca bālaṃ ca satataṃ lālitaṃ tvayā
kva tāta bharataṃ hitvā vilapantaṃ gato bhavān

Forsaking Bharata — so tender and young, ever cherished by you — now lamenting, where, O father, have you gone?

Words: sukumāraṃ ca — so tender; bālaṃ ca — and young; satataṃ — constantly; lālitaṃ — cherished, fondled; tvayā — by you; kva — where; tāta — O father; bharataṃ — Bharata; hitvā — having forsaken; vilapantaṃ — lamenting; gato — gone; bhavān — have you (honorific)

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.