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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.33.14

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: Daśaratha tells Kaikeyī that Rāma's exile should be enough and that Sītā need not be dressed in bark

2.33.14

sa niḥśvasyoṣṇam aikṣvākas tāṃ bhāryām idam abravīt
kaikeyi kuśacīreṇa na sītā gantum arhati

Sighing hotly, the descendant of Ikṣvāku said this to that wife of his: “Kaikeyī, Sītā ought not to go clad in a garment of bark.

Words: sa — he; niḥśvasyoṣṇam — sighing hotly; aikṣvākas — the descendant of Ikṣvāku; tāṃ — to that; bhāryām — wife; idam — this; abravīt — said; kaikeyi — O Kaikeyī; kuśacīreṇa — with a garment of bark; na — not; sītā — Sītā; gantum — to go; arhati — ought

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.