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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.38

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 4: Omens hasten the abhiṣeka. Daśaratha fixes the ceremony for the next day while Bharata is away, Rāma & Sītā must fast and sleep on darbha

In the sequence: Kausalyā blesses him, delighted that her prayers have borne fruit

2.4.38

etac chrutvā tu kausalyā cirakālābhikāṅkṣitam
harṣabāṣpakalaṃ vākyam idaṃ rāmam abhāṣata

Hearing this, long yearned-for, Kausalyā spoke to Rāma these words, faltering with tears of joy:

Words: etac — this; chrutvā — having heard; tu — but, and; kausalyā — Kausalyā; cirakālābhikāṅkṣitam — long yearned-for; harṣabāṣpakalaṃ — faltering with tears of joy; vākyam — words; idaṃ — this; rāmam — to Rāma; abhāṣata — spoke

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.