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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.27.24

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

2.27.24

tāṃ pariṣvajya bāhubhyāṃ visaṃjñām iva duḥkhitām
uvāca vacanaṃ rāmaḥ pariviśvāsayaṃs tadā

Embracing with his arms that grieving woman, who seemed to swoon, Rāma then spoke these words to reassure her:

Words: tāṃ — her; pariṣvajya — having embraced; bāhubhyāṃ — with (his) arms; visaṃjñām — senseless, swooning; iva — as if; duḥkhitām — grieving; uvāca — spoke; vacanaṃ — words; rāmaḥ — Rāma; pariviśvāsayaṃs — reassuring, comforting; tadā — then

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.