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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.81.5

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 81: Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed. Guha shows Bharata where they slept after taking only water, while Lakṣmaṇa and the Niṣādas kept watch

In the sequence: Śatrughna supports him, and the Queens hurry over

2.81.5

tataḥ sarvāḥ samāpetur mātaro bharatasya tāḥ
upavāsa kṛśā dīnā bhartṛvyasanakarśitāḥ

Then all those mothers of Bharata came running — gaunt from fasting, wretched, worn by the calamity that had befallen their husband.

Words: tataḥ — then; sarvāḥ — all; samāpetur — came running together; mātaro — the mothers; bharatasya — of Bharata; tāḥ — those; upavāsa — fasting; kṛśā — emaciated; dīnā — wretched; bhartṛvyasanakarśitāḥ — wasted by their husband's calamity

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.