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[Lamentations of Kausalya.]

tataḥ samīkṣya śayanē sannaṅ śōkēna pārthivam.

kauśalyā putraśōkārtā tamuvāca mahīpatim৷৷2.43.1৷৷

Translation

tataḥ then, putraśōkārtā struck by grief on account of her son's departure, kauśalyā Kausalya, śayanē on the couch, śōkēna due to grief, sannam exhausted, pārthivam king, samīkṣya having gazed, taṅ mahīpatim to that lord of the world, Dasaratha, uvāca said.

Struck by the grief of her son's departure, Kausalya looked at the king who lay on the couch completely exhausted and said to him.