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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.34.16

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: Sītā puts on the ornaments, and Kausalyā embraces her

2.34.16

narendreṇaivam uktas tu gatvā kośagṛhaṃ tataḥ
prāyacchat sarvam āhṛtya sītāyai kṣipram eva tat

Thus addressed by the king, he went to the treasure-house and, bringing all of it out, quickly handed it over to Sītā.

Words: narendreṇaivam — by the king thus; uktas — addressed; tu — and; gatvā — having gone; kośagṛhaṃ — to the treasure-house; tataḥ — then; prāyacchat — handed over; sarvam — all; āhṛtya — having brought out; sītāyai — to Sītā; kṣipram eva — quickly indeed; tat — that

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.