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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.71.7
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
2.71.7
yathāgatir anāthāyāḥ putraḥ pravrājito vanam
tām ambāṃ tāta kausalyāṃ tyaktvā tvaṃ kva gato nṛpa
That mother Kausalyā, now helpless, whose only recourse — her son — has been banished to the forest: having forsaken her, O father, O king, where have you gone?
Words: yathāgatir — such being her recourse; anāthāyāḥ — of the helpless (woman); putraḥ — the son; pravrājito — was banished; vanam — to the forest; tām ambāṃ — that mother; tāta — O father; kausalyāṃ — Kausalyā; tyaktvā — having forsaken; tvaṃ — you; kva — where; gato — have gone; nṛpa — O king
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.