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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.17.9

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

2.17.9

sā cirasyātmajaṃ dṛṣṭvā mātṛnandanam āgatam
abhicakrāma saṃhṛṣṭā kiśoraṃ vaḍavā yathā

Seeing after so long her son come — the delight of his mother — she rushed forward, overjoyed, as a mare toward her colt.

Words: sā — she; cirasyātmajaṃ — after long, (her) son; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; mātṛnandanam — the delight of (his) mother; āgatam — come; abhicakrāma — rushed toward; saṃhṛṣṭā — overjoyed; kiśoraṃ — a colt; vaḍavā — a mare; yathā — as

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.