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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.39.14

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.

2.39.14

abhivādayamānaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā sasuhṛdaṃ sutam
mudāśru mokṣyase kṣipraṃ meghalekeva vārṣikī

Seeing your son with his companions bowing before you, you will soon shed tears of gladness, like a line of rain-clouds in the wet season.

Words: abhivādayamānaṃ — saluting, paying homage; taṃ — that; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; sasuhṛdaṃ — with his friends; sutam — son; mudāśru — tears of joy; mokṣyase — you will release, shed; kṣipraṃ — soon; meghalekeva — like a streak of cloud; vārṣikī — of the rainy season

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.