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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.33.17

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: Rāma asks his father to take special care of Kausalyā so that grief does not destroy her.

2.33.17

iyaṃ dhārmika kausalyā mama mātā yaśasvinī
vṛddhā cākṣudraśīlā ca na ca tvāṃ devagarhite

This illustrious Kausalyā, O righteous one, is my mother, aged and of noble, ungrudging character; and she never reproaches you, O lord.

Words: iyaṃ — this; dhārmika — O righteous one; kausalyā — Kausalyā; mama — my; mātā — mother; yaśasvinī — illustrious; vṛddhā — aged; cākṣudraśīlā — and of noble, ungrudging character; ca — and; na — not; ca — and; tvāṃ — you; devagarhite — O lord, (she) reproaches (you) not

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.