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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.17.6

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: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa enter Kausalyā's apartments, where she has been praying and making offerings for his welfare

2.17.6

kausalyāpi tadā devī rātriṃ sthitvā samāhitā
prabhāte tv akarot pūjāṃ viṣṇoḥ putrahitaiṣiṇī

Queen Kausalyā too, having spent the night in concentration, at dawn performed the worship of Viṣṇu, desiring her son's welfare.

Words: kausalyāpi — Kausalyā too; tadā — then; devī — the queen; rātriṃ — through the night; sthitvā — having remained; samāhitā — composed, concentrated; prabhāte — at dawn; tv — and; akarot — performed; pūjāṃ — worship; viṣṇoḥ — of Viṣṇu; putrahitaiṣiṇī — desiring (her) son's welfare

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.