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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.27.14

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

2.27.14

patraṃ mūlaṃ phalaṃ yat tvam alpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu
dāsyasi svayam āhṛtya tan me 'mṛtarasopamam

Whatever leaf, root, or fruit—be it little or much—you gather with your own hand and give me, that will be to me like the taste of nectar.

Words: patraṃ — leaf; mūlaṃ — root; phalaṃ — fruit; yat — which; tvam — you; alpaṃ — little; vā — or; yadi — if; vā — or; bahu — much; dāsyasi — you will give; svayam — yourself, with your own hand; āhṛtya — having gathered, brought; tan — that; me — to me; 'mṛtarasopamam — like the taste of nectar

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.