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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.34.17

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

2.34.17

sā sujātā sujātāni vaidehī prasthitā vanam
bhūṣayām āsa gātrāṇi tair vicitrair vibhūṣaṇaiḥ

That nobly-born Vaidehī, setting out for the forest, adorned her fair limbs with those varied ornaments.

Words: sā — she; sujātā — nobly born; sujātāni — the well-formed (limbs); vaidehī — Vaidehī; prasthitā — setting out; vanam — for the forest; bhūṣayām āsa — adorned; gātrāṇi — limbs; tair — with those; vicitrair — varied; vibhūṣaṇaiḥ — with ornaments

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.