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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.27.21

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: unable to imagine enduring fourteen years apart, she again threatens death, embraces him, and breaks down

2.27.21

iti sā śokasaṃtaptā vilapya karuṇaṃ bahu
cukrośa patim āyastā bhṛśam āliṅgya sasvaram

Thus, tormented by grief, having lamented long and piteously, distraught she embraced her husband tightly and wailed aloud.

Words: iti — thus; sā — she; śokasaṃtaptā — tormented by grief; vilapya — having lamented; karuṇaṃ — piteously; bahu — much, long; cukrośa — cried out, wailed; patim — (to her) husband; āyastā — overwrought, distressed; bhṛśam — intensely, tightly; āliṅgya — having embraced; sasvaram — aloud, with a loud voice

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.