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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.34.15

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 34: Farewell to the Queens. Daśaratha orders the chariot and supplies for Sītā, Kausalyā counsels her and Rāma takes leave of his father’s wives

In the sequence: he has clothing and ornaments brought for Sītā's fourteen years away

2.34.15

vāsāṃsi ca mahārhāṇi bhūṣaṇāni varāṇi ca
varṣāṇy etāni saṃkhyāya vaidehyāḥ kṣipram ānaya

“Reckoning these (fourteen) years, quickly bring for Vaidehī costly garments and the finest ornaments.”

Words: vāsāṃsi ca — and garments; mahārhāṇi — very costly; bhūṣaṇāni — ornaments; varāṇi ca — and excellent; varṣāṇy etāni — these years; saṃkhyāya — having counted, reckoning; vaidehyāḥ — for Vaidehī; kṣipram — quickly; ānaya — bring

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.