Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 63: Daśaratha Remembering Killing a Sage’s Innocent Son
Text 2.63.50

ताम्यमानः स मां कृच्छ्रादुवाच परमार्तवत्।
सीदमानो विवृत्ताङ्गो वेष्टमानो गतः क्षयम्॥

tāmyamānaḥ sa māṁ kṛcchrād uvāca paramārtavat
sīdamāno vivṛttāṅgo veṣṭamāno gataḥ kṣayam

tāmyamānaḥ = while suffocating; saḥ = he; mām = to me; kṛcchrāt = in difficulty; uvāca = spoke; parama-ārtavat = and extreme distress; sīdamānaḥ = in pain; vivṛtta-aṅgaḥ = his body twisted; veṣṭamānaḥ = he whirled around [in agony]; gataḥ kṣayam = about to reach the end of his life.

He spoke to me while suffocating in difficulty and extreme distress. His body twisted in pain. He whirled around [in agony], about to reach the end of his life.