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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.39.9
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
2.39.9
śivaḥ sarveṣu kāleṣu kānanebhyo viniḥsṛtaḥ
rāghavaṃ yuktaśītoṣṇaḥ seviṣyati sukho 'nilaḥ
A kindly, pleasant breeze, issuing from the woods at all seasons, its warmth and coolness duly tempered, will wait upon Rāghava.
Words: śivaḥ — auspicious, kindly; sarveṣu — in all; kāleṣu — seasons, times; kānanebhyo — from the forests; viniḥsṛtaḥ — issued forth, come out; rāghavaṃ — Rāghava; yuktaśītoṣṇaḥ — with cool and heat duly balanced; seviṣyati — will serve, attend upon; sukho — pleasant; 'nilaḥ — the wind, breeze
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.