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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.71.16

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

2.71.16

avadāraṇa kāle tu pṛthivī nāvadīryate
vihīnā yā tvayā rājñā dharmajñena mahātmanā

Though the time for splitting has come, the earth does not split open — she who has been bereft of you, the king, knower of dharma, great of soul.

Words: avadāraṇa kāle — at the time for splitting; tu — yet; pṛthivī — the earth; nāvadīryate — does not split open; vihīnā — bereft; yā — she who; tvayā — of you; rājñā — the king; dharmajñena — knower of dharma; mahātmanā — great of soul

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.