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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.33.8

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

2.33.8

lakṣmaṇaś cāpi tatraiva vihāya vasane śubhe
tāpasāc chādane caiva jagrāha pitur agrataḥ

And Lakṣmaṇa too, laying aside right there his splendid garments, took up ascetic's robes in his father's presence.

Words: lakṣmaṇaś — Lakṣmaṇa; cāpi — and also; tatraiva — right there; vihāya — having laid aside; vasane — garments (dual); śubhe — fine, splendid; tāpasāc — ascetic's; chādane — robes, coverings (dual); caiva — and indeed; jagrāha — took up; pitur — of the father; agrataḥ — in front of, before

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.