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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.29.7
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 29: Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff. Rāma & Sītā distribute wealth, the poor Trijaṭa receives the cattle encompassed by his staff’s throw
In the sequence: they give him jewelry, gifts for his wife, a decorated couch, and the elephant Śatruñjaya, which Rāma received from his maternal uncle, together with a thousand other elephants → Suyajña blesses all three travelers
2.29.7
hāraṃ ca hemasūtraṃ ca bhāryāyai saumya hāraya
raśanāṃ cādhunā sītā dātum icchati te sakhe
“O gentle one, take a necklace and a golden cord for your wife; and now, friend, Sītā wishes to give a girdle to you (for her).
Words: hāraṃ ca — a necklace and; hemasūtraṃ ca — and a golden cord; bhāryāyai — for (your) wife; saumya — O gentle one; hāraya — take away, carry off; raśanāṃ — a girdle, waistband; cādhunā — and now; sītā — Sītā; dātum — to give; icchati — wishes; te — to you; sakhe — O friend
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.