नृपे when the king, शान्तगुणे जाते with his body lying still, सर्वाः all, ताः स्त्रीयः those women, भुवि on the earth, पतिताम् fallen, कौशल्याम् at Kausalya, हताम् slain, नागवधूमिव like a female elephant, अपश्यन् beheld.

Dasaratha with his body lying still, all the women looked at Kausalya fallen down on the floor like a slain female elephant.