Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 57 Shloka 24

सः he (Sumantra), अष्टमीम् eighth, कक्ष्याम् courtyard, प्रविश्य having entered, पाण्डुरे in pale white, गृहे chamber, दीनम् desolate, आतुरम् anguished, पुत्रशोकपरिम्लानम् withered by sorrow over his son, राजानम् king, अपश्यत् saw.

On entering the eighth courtyard, he saw in a pale white chamber king Dasaratha desolate, anguished and withered with the sorrow of separation from his son.