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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.39.12
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 39: Sumitrā comforts Kausalyā. She praises Lakṣmaṇa’s service and Sītā’s companionship and assures Kausalyā of Rāma’s return and abhiṣeka
In the sequence: she recalls that Brahmā gave Rāma divya astras (divine weapons) after the slaying of Timidhvaja's son, and assures Kausalyā that he will be installed with Sītā and royal fortune beside him
2.39.12
pṛthivyā saha vaidehyā śriyā ca puruṣarṣabhaḥ
kṣipraṃ tisṛbhir etābhiḥ saha rāmo 'bhiṣekṣyate
That bull among men, Rāma, will soon be consecrated together with these three — the earth, Vaidehī, and Royal Fortune.
Words: pṛthivyā — with the earth; saha — together with; vaidehyā — with Vaidehī; śriyā — with Śrī (Fortune, royal splendour); ca — and; puruṣarṣabhaḥ — the bull among men; kṣipraṃ — soon, quickly; tisṛbhir — by/with the three; etābhiḥ — with these; saha — together with; rāmo — Rāma; 'bhiṣekṣyate — will be consecrated, anointed
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.