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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.39

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

2.4.39

vatsa rāma ciraṃ jīva hatās te paripanthinaḥ
jñātīn me tvaṃ śriyā yuktaḥ sumitrāyāś ca nandaya

“Dear Rāma, may you live long; slain be your adversaries! You, endowed with royal fortune, gladden my kinsmen and Sumitrā's as well.

Words: vatsa — dear child; rāma — O Rāma; ciraṃ — long; jīva — live; hatās — slain; te — your; paripanthinaḥ — adversaries, enemies; jñātīn — the kinsmen, relatives; me — my; tvaṃ — you; śriyā — with royal fortune; yuktaḥ — endowed; sumitrāyāś ca — and of Sumitrā; nandaya — gladden, delight

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.