सर्गः ५३
In which Sumantra pictures mourning forest and joyless Ayōdhyā while Daśaratha confesses folly, begs for Rāma, and faints
Horses weep and stall on return — Sumantra stays days with Guha hoping recall — Forest trees beasts waters mourn Rāma — Joyless Ayōdhyā sighs as palace women wail — Grieving Ayōdhyā seems childless Kausalyā — Daśaratha confesses hasty woman-driven act — Daśaratha begs recall for he cannot live — Daśaratha longs to see Rāma or meet Yama — Daśaratha cries uncrossable ocean of grief — Daśaratha faints lamenting as Kausalyā fears