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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.21.12

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 21: Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha. Kausalyā asks to follow Rāma, he persuades her to remain and care for the grieving Daśaratha

In the sequence: he asks her to remain and care for her husband

2.21.12

evam uktas tu vacanaṃ rāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
bhūyas tām abravīd vākyaṃ mātaraṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitām

Thus addressed with these words, Rāma, the best of dharma-upholders, again spoke to his sorely grieving mother:

Words: evam — thus; uktas — addressed; tu — but; vacanaṃ — (with) the word; rāmo — Rāma; dharmabhṛtāṃ — of the upholders of dharma; varaḥ — best; bhūyas — again; tām — to her; abravīd — spoke; vākyaṃ — words; mātaraṃ — mother; bhṛśaduḥkhitām — greatly grieved

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.