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[Grief stricken Dasaratha falls down-- denounces Kaikeyi--reaches the chamber of Kausalya.]

yāvattu niryatastasya rajōrūpamadṛśyata.

naivēkṣvākuvarastāvatsañjahārātmacakṣuṣī৷৷2.42.1৷৷

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tasya that Rama, niryataḥ as he was going, rajōrūpam the form of dust, yāvat as long as, adṛśyata was visible, tāvat so long, ikṣvākuvaraḥ the best of Ikshvaku dynasty, king Dasaratha, ātmacakṣuṣī his eyes, naiva sañjahāra did not withdraw.

As long as the dust raised by the wheels of the chariot of Rama (who was departing to the forest) was visible, Dasaratha, the best of the Ikshvakus, could not withdraw his eyes (from Rama).