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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.3.30

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 3: Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced. Daśaratha orders preparations and counsels Rāma on self-restraint, ministers and the welfare of his subjects

In the sequence: messengers bring the news to Kausalyā, who rewards them with gold, cattle, and jewels → Rāma returns home, and the delighted citizens disperse to worship the Devas.

2.3.30

sā hiraṇyaṃ ca gāś caiva ratnāni vividhāni ca
vyādideśa priyākhyebhyaḥ kausalyā pramadottamā

That best of women, Kausalyā, ordered gold, cattle, and jewels of every kind (to be given) to those who brought the glad news.

Words: sā — she; hiraṇyaṃ ca — and gold; gāś caiva — and cows, cattle; ratnāni — jewels, gems; vividhāni ca — and of various kinds; vyādideśa — ordered, commanded (to be given); priyākhyebhyaḥ — to the bringers of glad news; kausalyā — Kausalyā; pramadottamā — the best of women

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.