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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.38.6

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: she worries about the young travelers, raised in comfort and sent into hardship just when Rāma was about to receive the Kingdom

2.38.6

gajarājagatir vīro mahābāhur dhanurdharaḥ
vanam āviśate nūnaṃ sabhāryaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ

That hero, with the gait of a lordly elephant, mighty-armed, wielder of the bow, surely now enters the forest with his wife and with Lakṣmaṇa.

Words: gajarājagatir — with the gait of a king of elephants; vīro — the hero; mahābāhur — the mighty-armed; dhanurdharaḥ — the bearer of the bow; vanam — the forest; āviśate — enters; nūnaṃ — surely; sabhāryaḥ — with his wife; sahalakṣmaṇaḥ — together with Lakṣmaṇa

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.