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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.109.12
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: he credits her with ten thousand years of austerities and with compressing ten nights into one for a divine purpose
2.109.12
devakāryanimittaṃ ca yayā saṃtvaramāṇayā
daśarātraṃ kṛtvā rātriḥ seyaṃ māteva te 'nagha
and by whom, hasting for the sake of a divine task, ten nights were compressed into a single night — that very lady, sinless one, is like a mother to you.
Words: devakāryanimittaṃ ca — and for the sake of a divine task; yayā — by whom; saṃtvaramāṇayā — hastening; daśarātraṃ — the ten-night period; kṛtvā — having made; rātriḥ — (into a single) night; seyaṃ — that very she; māteva — is like a mother; te — to you; 'nagha — O sinless one
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.