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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.39.8

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 pictures the sun, breeze, and moon treating him gently in recognition of his goodness

2.39.8

vyaktaṃ rāmasya vijñāya śaucaṃ māhātmyam uttamam
na gātram aṃśubhiḥ sūryaḥ saṃtāpayitum arhati

Plainly recognizing Rāma's purity and supreme greatness of soul, the sun will not presume to scorch his body with its rays.

Words: vyaktaṃ — clearly, plainly; rāmasya — of Rāma; vijñāya — having recognized; śaucaṃ — purity; māhātmyam — greatness of soul; uttamam — supreme, highest; na gātram — not the body; aṃśubhiḥ — with rays; sūryaḥ — the sun; saṃtāpayitum — to scorch, torment; arhati — is fit, will presume

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.