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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.22.15

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

2.22.15

oṣadhīṃ cāpi siddhārthāṃ viśalyakaraṇīṃ śubhām
cakāra rakṣāṃ kausalyā mantrair abhijajāpa ca

And Kausalyā made a protective amulet with the efficacious, auspicious herb that draws out darts, and consecrated it with sacred mantras.

Words: oṣadhīṃ cāpi — and also a herb; siddhārthāṃ — efficacious, whose purpose is fulfilled; viśalyakaraṇīṃ — that draws out darts; śubhām — auspicious; cakāra — made; rakṣāṃ — a protective amulet; kausalyā — Kausalyā; mantrair — with mantras; abhijajāpa ca — and muttered over, consecrated with prayer

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.