Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 72: Kaikeyī Informs Bharata About Daśaratha’s Death
Text 2.72.51
तमपश्यन्प्रियं पुत्रं महीपालो महायशाः।
पुत्रशोकपरिद्यूनः पञ्चत्वमुपपेदिवान्॥
tam apaśyan priyaṁ putraṁ mahī-pālo mahā-yaśāḥ
putra-śoka-paridyūnaḥ pañcatvam upapedivān
tam1 apaśyan = not seeing; priyam = his beloved; putram = son; mahī-pālaḥ = king; mahā-yaśāḥ = the greatly illustrious; putra-śoka-paridyūnaḥ = painfully lamented in distress about his son; pañcatvam upapedivān = and died.
Not seeing his beloved son, the greatly illustrious king painfully lamented in distress about his son and died.
1 Technical note: tam putram.