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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.71.20

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

2.71.20

tato viṣaṇṇau śrāntau ca śatrughna bharatāv ubhau
dharaṇyāṃ saṃvyaceṣṭetāṃ bhagnaśṛṅgāv ivarṣabhau

Then both Śatrughna and Bharata, dejected and exhausted, writhed on the ground like two bulls with broken horns.

Words: tato — then; viṣaṇṇau — both dejected; śrāntau ca — and exhausted; śatrughna bharatāv — Śatrughna and Bharata; ubhau — both; dharaṇyāṃ — on the ground; saṃvyaceṣṭetāṃ — writhed, rolled about; bhagnaśṛṅgāv — with broken horns; ivarṣabhau — like bulls

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.