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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.27.23

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

2.27.23

tasyāḥ sphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ vāri saṃtāpasaṃbhavam
netrābhyāṃ parisusrāva paṅkajābhyām ivodakam

The crystal-clear water born of her anguish streamed from her eyes, as water drips from a pair of lotuses.

Words: tasyāḥ — her; sphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ — crystal-like; vāri — water (tears); saṃtāpasaṃbhavam — born of anguish; netrābhyāṃ — from the two eyes; parisusrāva — flowed forth; paṅkajābhyām — from two lotuses; ivodakam — like water

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.