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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.33.13

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

2.33.13

tasyāṃ cīraṃ vasānāyāṃ nāthavatyām anāthavat
pracukrośa janaḥ sarvo dhik tvāṃ daśarathaṃ tv iti

As she, though she had a protector, put on the bark-garment like one forlorn, all the people cried aloud: “Shame on you, Daśaratha!”

Words: tasyāṃ — when she (loc.); cīraṃ — the bark-garment; vasānāyāṃ — putting on (loc.); nāthavatyām — though having a protector; anāthavat — as if without a protector; pracukrośa — cried out, wailed; janaḥ — the people; sarvo — all; dhik — shame!; tvāṃ — on you; daśarathaṃ — Daśaratha; tv — indeed; iti — thus

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.