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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.34.30

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: Rāma asks his mother to care for Daśaratha and assures her that the years will pass → he apologizes to all his father's wives for any offense he has caused and takes leave amid their lamentation.

2.34.30

amba mā duḥkhitā bhūs tvaṃ paśya tvaṃ pitaraṃ mama
kṣayo hi vanavāsasya kṣipram eva bhaviṣyati

“Mother, do not be grieved; do you watch over my father. The end of my forest-dwelling will surely come very soon.

Words: amba — O mother; mā — do not; duḥkhitā — grieved; bhūs — be; tvaṃ — you; paśya — look after, watch over; tvaṃ — you; pitaraṃ — the father; mama — my; kṣayo — the end; hi — indeed; vanavāsasya — of the forest-dwelling; kṣipram eva — very soon; bhaviṣyati — will come

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.