Valmiki Ramayana 2.62.21: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 62, Shloka 21
अयोध्याकाण्डे द्विषष्टितमः सर्गः · Kausalyā consoles Daśaratha; grief, remorse, and nightfall
तथा प्रसादितो वाक्यैर्देव्या कौसल्यया नृपः ।
शोकेन च समाक्रान्तो निद्राया वशन्तोमेयिवान् ॥२१॥
tathā prasādito vākyair devyā kausalyayā nṛpaḥ |
śokena ca samākrānto nidrāyā vaśam ety ivān ||21||
So wurde der König durch die Worte der Königin Kausalyā besänftigt; doch noch vom Kummer überwältigt, schien er unter die Macht des Schlafes zu geraten.
Thus consoled by Kausalya the king, overcome with grief, came under the spell of sleep.ityārṣē śrīmadrāmāyaṇē vālmīkīya ādikāvyē ayōdhyākāṇḍē dviṣaṣṭitamassargaḥ৷৷Thus ends the sixtysecond sarga in Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
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It affirms the dharma of care within family: timely, truthful consolation can restore a suffering person enough to rest and endure.
After Kausalyā’s consoling speech, Daśaratha—though still grieving—finally drifts toward sleep as the sarga closes.
Kausalyā’s compassionate steadiness and the king’s human vulnerability under the weight of duty and loss.
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