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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.33.7
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
2.33.7
sa cīre puruṣavyāghraḥ kaikeyyāḥ pratigṛhya te
sūkṣmavastram avakṣipya munivastrāṇy avasta ha
That tiger among men, accepting those two bark-garments from Kaikeyī and casting off his fine raiment, put on the garments of an ascetic.
Words: sa — he; cīre — the two bark-garments (dual); puruṣavyāghraḥ — tiger among men; kaikeyyāḥ — from Kaikeyī; pratigṛhya — having accepted; te — those two; sūkṣmavastram — fine garment; avakṣipya — having cast off; munivastrāṇy — sage's garments; avasta — put on; ha — indeed
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.