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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.22.14

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 22: Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet. She invokes protection, consecrates an herbal amulet and completes the svastyayana before embracing Rāma

In the sequence: invoking the protection once given to Indra and Garuḍa, she prepares a protective herbal amulet

2.22.14

yan maṅgalaṃ suparṇasya vinatākalpayat purā
amṛtaṃ prārthayānasya tat te bhavatu maṅgalam

That blessing which Vinatā once prepared for Suparṇa (Garuḍa) as he sought the nectar of immortality—may that blessing be yours.

Words: yan maṅgalaṃ — what blessing; suparṇasya — for Suparṇa (Garuḍa); vinatākalpayat — Vinatā prepared; purā — formerly, once; amṛtaṃ — the nectar of immortality; prārthayānasya — of the one seeking; tat te — that to you; bhavatu — may it be; maṅgalam — blessing

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.