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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.33.6

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: Kaikeyī brings the garments, and Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa change out of their fine clothing

2.33.6

atha cīrāṇi kaikeyī svayam āhṛtya rāghavam
uvāca paridhatsveti janaughe nirapatrapā

Then Kaikeyī, fetching the bark-garments herself and shameless before the throng, said to Rāghava: “Put these on.”

Words: atha — then; cīrāṇi — bark-garments; kaikeyī — Kaikeyī; svayam — herself; āhṛtya — having fetched; rāghavam — to Rāghava; uvāca — said; paridhatsveti — “put (them) on”; janaughe — in the throng of people; nirapatrapā — shameless

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.