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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.22.19

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 completes the svastyayana (benediction for well-being) and walks around him → Rāma bows at her feet and leaves to speak to Sītā.

2.22.19

itīva cāśrupratipūrṇalocanā samāpya ca svastyayanaṃ yathāvidhi
samāpya ca svastyayanaṃ yathāvidhi
pradakṣiṇaṃ caiva cakāra rāghavaṃ punaḥ punaś cāpi nipīḍya sasvaje
punaḥ punaś cāpi nipīḍya sasvaje

So speaking, her eyes brimming with tears, and having completed the benediction according to rule, she circumambulated Rāghava reverently, and pressing him close again and again, embraced him.

Words: itīva — thus indeed; cāśrupratipūrṇalocanā — and with eyes brimming with tears; samāpya ca — and having completed; svastyayanaṃ — the benediction; yathāvidhi — according to rule; pradakṣiṇaṃ — the rightward circumambulation; caiva — and; cakāra — made, performed; rāghavaṃ — around Rāghava; punaḥ punaś cāpi — and again and again; nipīḍya — having pressed close; sasvaje — she embraced

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.