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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.71.4

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: on the thirteenth morning he returns to the pyre and laments that both his father and the brother entrusted with his care are gone

2.71.4

tataḥ prabhātasamaye divase 'tha trayodaśe
vilalāpa mahābāhur bharataḥ śokamūrchitaḥ

Then at daybreak, on the thirteenth day, the mighty-armed Bharata, stupefied with grief, lamented.

Words: tataḥ — then; prabhātasamaye — at daybreak; divase 'tha — and on the day; trayodaśe — thirteenth; vilalāpa — lamented; mahābāhur — the mighty-armed; bharataḥ — Bharata; śokamūrchitaḥ — stupefied with grief

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.