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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.98.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 98: Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer. Bharata asks him to restore the Kingdom, Rāma teaches the inevitability of loss, separation and death

In the sequence: After a sorrowful night, the brothers perform their morning rites and sit together again

2.98.1

tataḥ puruṣasiṃhānāṃ vṛtānāṃ taiḥ suhṛdgaṇaiḥ
śocatām eva rajanī duḥkhena vyatyavartata

Then, for those lions among men, surrounded by their companies of friends, the night passed painfully as they went on grieving.

Words: tataḥ — then; puruṣasiṃhānāṃ — of the lions among men; vṛtānāṃ — surrounded; taiḥ suhṛdgaṇaiḥ — by those companies of friends; śocatām eva — as they were grieving; rajanī — the night; duḥkhena — painfully, with sorrow; vyatyavartata — passed away, went by

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.