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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.109.9
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
2.109.9
rāmāya cācacakṣe tāṃ tāpasīṃ dharmacāriṇīm
daśa varṣāṇy anāvṛṣṭyā dagdhe loke nirantaram
And to Rāma he described that ascetic woman who walked in dharma: when for ten years the world was scorched without respite by drought,
Words: rāmāya — to Rāma; cācacakṣe — and he described; tāṃ — her, that; tāpasīṃ — ascetic woman; dharmacāriṇīm — who walks in dharma; daśa varṣāṇy — for ten years; anāvṛṣṭyā — by drought; dagdhe loke — when the world was scorched; nirantaram — without respite, continuously
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.