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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.33.11

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 33: Bark garments over Sītā’s silk. Rāma declines royal provisions and helps Sītā fasten her bark clothing, Daśaratha protests her humiliation

In the sequence: Sītā does not know how to wear hers and asks Rāma for help → he fastens it over her silk clothing, provoking an outcry from those watching

2.33.11

kṛtvā kaṇṭhe ca sā cīram ekam ādāya pāṇinā
tasthau hy akuṣalā tatra vrīḍitā janakātmaja

Hanging one bark-garment at her neck and holding the other in her hand, Janaka's daughter stood there abashed and helpless, not knowing how.

Words: kṛtvā — having placed; kaṇṭhe — at the neck; ca — and; sā — she; cīram — the bark-garment; ekam — one; ādāya — having taken; pāṇinā — with her hand; tasthau — stood; hy — indeed; akuṣalā — unskilled, at a loss; tatra — there; vrīḍitā — abashed; janakātmaja — Janaka's daughter

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.