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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.39.16
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.
2.39.16
niśamya tal lakṣmaṇamātṛvākyaṃ rāmasya mātur naradevapatnyāḥ
sadyaḥ śarīre vinanāśa śokaḥ śaradgato megha ivālpatoyaḥ
Hearing that word of Lakṣmaṇa's mother, the grief in the body of Rāma's mother, the wife of the god-among-men, at once vanished, like an autumn cloud with little water.
Words: niśamya — having heard; tal — that; lakṣmaṇamātṛvākyaṃ — the word of Lakṣmaṇa's mother; rāmasya — of Rāma; mātur — of the mother; naradevapatnyāḥ — of the wife of the king (god among men); sadyaḥ — at once, immediately; śarīre — in the body; vinanāśa — perished, vanished; śokaḥ — grief; śaradgato — gone to autumn, autumnal; megha — a cloud; ivālpatoyaḥ — like one with little water
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.