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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.21.19

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: Rāma, now also weeping, assures her that Bharata will treat her kindly and asks her to prevent their father from being overwhelmed by grief

2.21.19

yathā mayi tu niṣkrānte putraśokena pārthivaḥ
śramaṃ nāvāpnuyāt kiṃ cid apramattā tathā kuru

Act so heedfully that, once I have departed, the king may suffer no distress at all through grief for his son.

Words: yathā — so that; mayi — when I (loc. abs.); tu — but; niṣkrānte — have departed (loc. abs.); putraśokena — through grief for (his) son; pārthivaḥ — the king; śramaṃ — distress, exhaustion; nāvāpnuyāt — may not incur; kiṃ cid — any at all; apramattā — vigilant, heedful; tathā — so; kuru — act, do

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.