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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.38.9

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

2.38.9

apīdānīṃ sa kālaḥ syān mama śokakṣayaḥ śivaḥ
sabhāryaṃ yat saha bhrātrā paśyeyam iha rāghavam

Oh that even now that blessed time might come, the ending of my grief, when I should see Rāghava here with his wife and with his brother!

Words: apīdānīṃ — oh, even now; sa kālaḥ — that time; syān — might be; mama — my; śokakṣayaḥ — the ending of grief; śivaḥ — auspicious, blessed; sabhāryaṃ — with his wife; yat — that, when; saha bhrātrā — together with his brother; paśyeyam — I might see; iha — here; rāghavam — Rāghava

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.