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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.27.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 27: Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him. Sītā rejects separation despite every hardship, Rāma agrees to take her and asks her to distribute their possessions

In the sequence: she says the journey will not exhaust her: thorns will feel soft, dust like sandal paste, and food gathered by his hands like nectar

2.27.10

na ca me bhavitā tatra kaś cit pathi pariśramaḥ
pṛṣṭhatas tava gacchantyā vihāraśayaneṣv api

Nor shall there be for me any weariness on the road as I walk behind you—it will be no more tiring than pleasure-walks and couches.

Words: na — not; ca — and; me — for me; bhavitā — there will be; tatra — there; kaś cit — any; pathi — on the road; pariśramaḥ — fatigue, weariness; pṛṣṭhatas — behind; tava — you; gacchantyā — (for me) walking; vihāraśayaneṣv — in strolling and reposing; api — even

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.