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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.82.17
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 82: Bharata examines the grass bed. Traces of Sītā’s gold and silk reveal where she slept, he vows to adopt forest life and offer himself in Rāma’s place
In the sequence: he praises her loyalty while lamenting what Rāma has lost
2.82.17
katham indīvaraśyāmo raktākṣaḥ priyadarśanaḥ
sukhabhāgī ca duḥkhārhaḥ śayito bhuvi rāghavaḥ
how is it that Rāghava — dark as a blue lotus, red-eyed, lovely to behold, entitled to comfort and deserving no sorrow — lies upon the ground?
Words: katham — how; indīvaraśyāmo — dark as a blue lotus; raktākṣaḥ — red-eyed; priyadarśanaḥ — lovely to behold; sukhabhāgī — entitled to comfort; ca — and; duḥkhārhaḥ — (un)deserving of sorrow; śayito — lying; bhuvi — on the ground; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava
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.