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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.22.7
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 asks that his own memory, resolve, and righteousness guard him, and that insects, snakes, wild animals, and dangerous beings leave him unharmed
2.22.7
mahādvipāś ca siṃhāś ca vyāghrā ṛkṣāś ca daṃṣṭriṇaḥ
mahiṣāḥ śṛṅgiṇo raudrā na te druhyantu putraka
May the great elephants, lions, tigers, and fanged bears, and the fierce horned buffaloes, do you no harm, dear son.
Words: mahādvipāś ca — and the great elephants; siṃhāś ca — and the lions; vyāghrā — the tigers; ṛkṣāś ca — and the bears; daṃṣṭriṇaḥ — the fanged ones; mahiṣāḥ — the buffaloes; śṛṅgiṇo — the horned ones; raudrā — fierce; na — not; te — to you; druhyantu — may they harm; putraka — dear son
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.