Indralike Dasaratha due to banishment of Rama and Lakshmana, was besieged by a great calamity like the Sun enveloped by demonic dark at the time of eclipse. [2-63-2]
After Rama had left along with his wife the king of Kosala (Dasaratha) recollected his former evil deed and wanted to narrate it to the dark-eyed Kausalya. [2-63-3]
स राजा पुत्रशोकार्तः स्मृत्वा दुष्कृतमात्मनः | कौसल्यां पुत्रशोकार्तामिदं वचनमब्रवीत् || २-६३-५
King Dasaratha distressed by the separation from his son, pondered over his past misdeed, and said to helpless Kausalya, who was equally grieving over the separation from Rama : - [2-63-5]