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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.3

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 35: The chariot departs. Sumitrā counsels Lakṣmaṇa, crowds and parents follow, Daśaratha calls for a halt while Rāma urges Sumantra onward

In the sequence: The three bow to Daśaratha and their mothers

2.35.3

anvakṣaṃ lakṣmaṇo bhrātuḥ kausalyām abhyavādayat
atha mātuḥ sumitrāyā jagrāha caraṇau punaḥ

Right after his brother, Lakṣmaṇa saluted Kausalyā, and then again clasped the feet of his own mother Sumitrā.

Words: anvakṣaṃ — right after, following (his brother); lakṣmaṇo — Lakṣmaṇa; bhrātuḥ — of his brother, after his brother; kausalyām — Kausalyā; abhyavādayat — he saluted; atha — then; mātuḥ — of his mother; sumitrāyā — of Sumitrā; jagrāha — he grasped, clasped; caraṇau — the two feet; punaḥ — again

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.