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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.71.5
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
2.71.5
śabdāpihitakaṇṭhaś ca śodhanārtham upāgataḥ
citāmūle pitur vākyam idam āha suduḥkhitaḥ
His throat choked by his sobbing, having come for the purification, deeply grieved, at the foot of the pyre he spoke these words concerning his father:
Words: śabdāpihitakaṇṭhaś ca — his throat choked with sound; śodhanārtham — for the sake of purification; upāgataḥ — having come; citāmūle — at the foot of the pyre; pitur — of his father; vākyam — words; idam — this; āha — spoke; suduḥkhitaḥ — deeply grieved
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.