Srimad Valmiki Ramayana AYODHYA KANDAM Sarga 42 Dasaratha’s wail: Dasaratha was rooted to the spot and gazed at the dust raised by the car carrying his duteous son Sri Rama; the king saw Sri Rama in the dust, and when he could not even see the dust the mighty monarch whose soul was restrained by justice and virtue; downcast by the grief fell on the ground. Sri Rama’s mother Kausalya lifted Dasaratha by raising the right hand of the king whose every sense had lost its tranquil; when Kaikeyi sought to raise the emperor from the ground he reproached her. The emperor told Kaikeyi, “From this day I have nothing to do with you, I disinherit you and perchance if Bharata your darling son has joy in the coronation or the sovereignty of Ayodhya, which you have won by deceit for him, let him not perform the obsequy to me upon my demise”. The monarch clinging to Kausalya in slow and mournful steps returned to his palace, ever thinking of his forlorn son. He said “ My high souled son Sri Rama where is he, he will no longer have pleasant couches to rest, nor his limbs will be perfumed, he will now have a log or stone as his pillow. Janaka’s dear child Sita, who has seen only joy and comfort, a gentle girl, her heart will dread at the roars of wild beasts. Kaikeyi, I have no will, no power to live, when my brave son is no more with me here, you begin your reign as a widowed queen” Dasaratha presented a mournful look resumed his wailing for his brave Sri Rama, his brother Lakshmana and Sri Rama’s Videhan bride Sita; he sought assistance to be taken to Kausalya’s bower; where alone he thought his wrecked heart might gain some respite. Inside Kausalya’s bower Dasaratha tossing his arms upwards lamented “O Rama! O Rama! You have forsaken me. Blessed are the people who will be living in Ayodhya, who will see my Sri Rama after the period of his exile. Kausalya my sight has left with Sri Rama; I do not see you, lay your hands on me.” Then the nightfall descended, to the monarch it was a night of trepidation, he turned to Kausalya and spoke in mournful tones, “When Sri Rama left his home my eye-sight too went with him, Kausalya I cannot see you, kindly lay your gentle hand on me. ,
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