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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.71.19

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: he says he cannot bear returning to an empty Ayodhyā

2.71.19

tayor vilapitaṃ śrutvā vyasanaṃ cānvavekṣya tat
bhṛśam ārtatarā bhūyaḥ sarva evānugāminaḥ

Hearing the lament of the two and beholding that calamity, all the attendants became yet more grievously afflicted.

Words: tayor — of the two; vilapitaṃ — the lament; śrutvā — having heard; vyasanaṃ — the calamity; cānvavekṣya — and having observed; tat — that; bhṛśam — exceedingly; ārtatarā — more afflicted; bhūyaḥ — still more; sarva — all; evānugāminaḥ — the very followers

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.