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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.81.6

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

2.81.6

tāś ca taṃ patitaṃ bhūmau rudantyaḥ paryavārayan
kausalyā tv anusṛtyainaṃ durmanāḥ pariṣasvaje

And they, weeping, surrounded him where he had fallen to the ground; but Kausalyā, coming up to him in her grief, embraced him.

Words: tāś ca — and they; taṃ — him; patitaṃ — fallen; bhūmau — on the ground; rudantyaḥ — weeping; paryavārayan — surrounded; kausalyā — Kausalyā; tv — but; anusṛtyainaṃ — having come up to him; durmanāḥ — sorrowful; pariṣasvaje — embraced

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.