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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.34.6

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: Seeing Rāma dressed as a tapasvin overwhelms Daśaratha, who wonders what past harm has brought this suffering upon him

2.34.6

yo 'haṃ pāvakasaṃkāśaṃ paśyāmi purataḥ sthitam
vihāya vasane sūkṣme tāpasācchādam ātmajam

— I, who behold my own son, radiant as fire, standing before me, having cast off his fine garments and wrapped in an ascetic's covering.

Words: yo 'haṃ — I who; pāvakasaṃkāśaṃ — radiant as fire; paśyāmi — I see; purataḥ — in front, before me; sthitam — standing; vihāya — having cast off; vasane sūkṣme — the two fine garments; tāpasācchādam — wearing an ascetic's covering; ātmajam — his own son

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.