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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.30.9
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 30: The walk to Daśaratha’s palace. Seeing Rāma, Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa without royal honours, citizens propose leaving Ayodhyā to follow them
In the sequence: they worry about Sītā, now publicly visible on the street and soon to face the weather and hardships of the forest
2.30.9
aṅgarāgocitāṃ sītāṃ raktacandana sevinīm
varṣam uṣṇaṃ ca śītaṃ ca neṣyaty āśu vivarṇatām
Sītā, accustomed to fragrant unguents and wont to use red sandal-paste — the rain, the heat and the cold will soon bring to pallor.
Words: aṅgarāgocitāṃ — accustomed to body-unguents; sītāṃ — Sītā; raktacandana sevinīm — wont to use red sandal-paste; varṣam — the rain; uṣṇaṃ ca — and the heat; śītaṃ ca — and the cold; neṣyaty — will bring, lead; āśu — soon; vivarṇatām — to pallor, loss of colour
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.