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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.38.11

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 38: Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return. Fearing Kaikeyī and the hardships facing Rāma, Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa, she longs for her son’s homecoming and embrace

In the sequence: her thoughts turn to a hoped-for homecoming: the city decorated again, the brothers returning with Sītā, and the people showering them with offerings

2.38.11

kadā prekṣya naravyāghrāv araṇyāt punarāgatau
nandiṣyati purī hṛṣṭā samudra iva parvaṇi

When, beholding those two tigers among men come back again from the forest, shall the city rejoice and swell with gladness like the sea at the full moon?

Words: kadā — when; prekṣya — having beheld; naravyāghrāv — the two tigers among men; araṇyāt — from the forest; punarāgatau — the two returned; nandiṣyati — will rejoice, be glad; purī — the city; hṛṣṭā — joyful, thrilled; samudra — the sea; iva — like, as; parvaṇi — at the full moon (festival)

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.