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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.21.15

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: she renews her plea to accompany him, saying she cannot endure life among her co-wives

2.21.15

evam uktā priyaṃ putraṃ bāṣpapūrṇānanā tadā
uvāca paramārtā tu kausalyā putravatsalā

Having thus spoken to her dear son, Kausalyā then, her face bathed in tears, deeply distressed and full of love for her son, said:

Words: evam — thus; uktā — having spoken; priyaṃ — dear; putraṃ — to (her) son; bāṣpapūrṇānanā — her face full of tears; tadā — then; uvāca — said; paramārtā — deeply distressed; tu — but; kausalyā — Kausalyā; putravatsalā — loving her son

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.