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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.17.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 17: Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile. Rāma tells Kausalyā that Bharata will inherit and he must leave, she collapses and laments their separation

In the sequence: she welcomes him with blessings, still expecting his abhiṣeka that day

2.17.10

tam uvāca durādharṣaṃ rāghavaṃ sutam ātmanaḥ
kausalyā putravātsalyād idaṃ priyahitaṃ vacaḥ

To that unassailable Rāghava, her own son, Kausalyā, out of maternal love, spoke these kind and salutary words:

Words: tam — him; uvāca — said; durādharṣaṃ — unassailable; rāghavaṃ — Rāghava; sutam — son; ātmanaḥ — her own; kausalyā — Kausalyā; putravātsalyād — out of maternal love; idaṃ — this; priyahitaṃ — kind and salutary; vacaḥ — words

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.