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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.109.10
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 109: Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri. Family memories and the army’s animal waste prompt departure, Atri recounts Anasūyā’s relief of a ten-year drought and sends Sītā to her
In the sequence: Atri tells Rāma that during a ten-year drought Anasūyā brought forth roots and fruit and made the Jāhnavī flow
2.109.10
yayā mūlaphale sṛṣṭe jāhnavī ca pravartitā
ugreṇa tapasā yuktā niyamaiś cāpy alaṃkṛtā
by whom roots and fruits were brought forth and the Jāhnavī made to flow, she who was endowed with fierce penance and adorned with observances,
Words: yayā — by whom; mūlaphale — roots and fruits (dual); sṛṣṭe — were brought forth, created; jāhnavī ca — and the Jāhnavī (Ganges); pravartitā — was made to flow, set in motion; ugreṇa — with fierce; tapasā — penance; yuktā — endowed; niyamaiś cāpy — and with observances too; alaṃkṛtā — adorned
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.