Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 52 Shloka 23

जगतीपतिः lord of the world (Dasaratha), शोकोपहतचेताश्च consciousness overwhelmed with grief, वृद्धश्च and old also, कामभावावसन्नश्च full of passion, तस्मात् therefore, ते to you, एतत् all this, ब्रवीमि I am telling.

I tell you this because the lord of the earth (Dasaratha), is in deep distress. He is old. And he is under the control of his passion.