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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.38.13

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

2.38.13

kadā prāṇisahasrāṇi rājamārge mamātmajau
lājair avakariṣyanti praviśantāv ariṃdamau

When shall thousands of beings scatter parched grain over my two sons, tamers of foes, as they enter along the royal road?

Words: kadā — when; prāṇisahasrāṇi — thousands of living beings; rājamārge — on the royal highway; mamātmajau — my two sons; lājair — with parched grain; avakariṣyanti — will scatter, strew over; praviśantāv — entering (the two); ariṃdamau — the two tamers of foes

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.