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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.22.17

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: she embraces him, kisses his head, and prays to see him return healthy and successful

2.22.17

arogaṃ sarvasiddhārtham ayodhyāṃ punar āgatam
paśyāmi tvāṃ sukhaṃ vatsa susthitaṃ rājaveśmani

May I see you, my child, free of illness, all your aims fulfilled, come back again to Ayodhyā, faring happily, well-established in the royal palace.

Words: arogaṃ — free of illness; sarvasiddhārtham — with all aims fulfilled; ayodhyāṃ — to Ayodhyā; punar āgatam — come back again; paśyāmi — may I see, I shall see; tvāṃ — you; sukhaṃ — happily; vatsa — O child; susthitaṃ — well-established; rājaveśmani — in the royal palace

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.