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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.33.18

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.

2.33.18

mayā vihīnāṃ varada prapannāṃ śokasāgaram
adṛṣṭapūrvavyasanāṃ bhūyaḥ saṃmantum arhasi

Bereft of me, O granter of boons, plunged into an ocean of grief and having never known calamity before—her you ought all the more to console.

Words: mayā — by me, of me; vihīnāṃ — bereft, deprived (her); varada — O granter of boons; prapannāṃ — fallen into, plunged (her); śokasāgaram — ocean of grief; adṛṣṭapūrvavyasanāṃ — who has never before known calamity; bhūyaḥ — the more, further; saṃmantum — to console, treat with regard; arhasi — you 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.