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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.39.13

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 describes the tears of joy Kausalyā will shed when her son returns and bows at her feet → her reassurance brings Kausalyā relief.

2.39.13

duḥkhajaṃ visṛjanty asraṃ niṣkrāmantam udīkṣya yam
samutsrakṣyasi netrābhyāṃ kṣipram ānandajaṃ payaḥ

Shedding tears born of sorrow as you watched him depart, you will soon, seeing him again, pour from your eyes tears born of joy instead.

Words: duḥkhajaṃ — born of grief; visṛjanty — shedding, releasing; asraṃ — tear, tears; niṣkrāmantam — departing, going out; udīkṣya — having watched, gazed after; yam — whom; samutsrakṣyasi — you will pour forth; netrābhyāṃ — from the two eyes; kṣipram — soon, quickly; ānandajaṃ — born of joy; payaḥ — water, tears

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.