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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.34.32
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.
2.34.32
etāvad abhinītārtham uktvā sa jananīṃ vacaḥ
trayaḥ śataśatārdhā hi dadarśāvekṣya mātaraḥ
Having spoken to his mother this much, so aptly worded, he then looked and beheld the three hundred and fifty mothers.
Words: etāvad — this much; abhinītārtham — aptly worded, of well-conveyed meaning; uktvā — having spoken; sa — he; jananīṃ — to the mother; vacaḥ — words; trayaḥ — three (hundreds); śataśatārdhā — the hundreds with a half-hundred (i.e. 350); hi — indeed; dadarśāvekṣya — looked and saw; mātaraḥ — the mothers
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.